MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



RECORD FORMS AND BLANKS 



The simplest systems of record keeping used in connection 

 with dental inspection consist merely of small charts showing in 

 outline a full upper and lower set of teeth. By marking these 

 pictured teeth the medical inspector indicates which of the child's 

 teeth are in need of attention. 



In a fully developed system of dental inspection including 

 dental clinics and examinations of children in the schools by 

 dentists, work is facilitated by using a set of nine or ten records 

 each serving its own end. Perhaps the most satisfactory record 

 system of this sort is that in use in connection with the dental 

 clinics of Philadelphia. Because these records are so well adapted 

 for the work they are designed to do it seems worth while to present 

 the series in detail. 



The individual record card, the face and reverse of which 

 appear on pages 135 and 136, measures 5x8 inches and is designed 

 to record the salient data concerning the teeth of one child. 



After the child has been examined and a condition found 

 which requires treatment, a notice, reproduced on page 137, is sent 

 to the parent telling him what has been discovered and advising 

 that the child be treated by a competent dentist. 



If the notification to the parent brings to light the fact that 

 he desires to have his child receive dental attention but is unable 

 to pay the cost, the dental inspector and the principal jointly 

 issue a certificate, shown on page 1 38, authorizing the child to be 

 treated at the dental dispensary. 



When the child visits the dispensary he is given a small 

 appointment card see page 139 measuring 2>4 x 3^ inches, on 

 which are written the date and hour of his appointment and 

 which contains spaces where the dentist indicates the dates on 

 which he worked. One end served by this card is to insure that 

 the same dentist shall carry the case through to a conclusion. 

 Directions for brushing the teeth are on the reverse of the card. 

 These are the same as those already reproduced on page 128 as 

 part of the label on the tooth powder box. 



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