MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



For administration purposes the dental clinic keeps detailed 

 monthly reports which are summaries of the individual reports 

 received from the children and the schools. There are two princi- 

 pal record forms which are sheets designed for use in loose leaf 

 binders. The first of these has spaces for recapitulating the work 

 during each day of the month. The column headings are: 

 Day of Month Canals Pericementitis 



Daily Number of Dressed Alveolar Abscess 



Patients Filled Gingivitis 



Fillings Pulps Stomatitis 



Amalgam Pulpitis Cleansing 



Gutta Percha Capped Extractions 



Cement Devitalized Miscellaneous 



Copper Cement Extracted 



The second of the two recapitulation sheets has spaces 

 for recording the work done each month by the individual inspec- 

 tors. The column headings across the top of the sheet are: 



Inspectors, Schools Assigned, Visits Made, Pupils Examined, Treat- 

 ment Recommended, Parents Notified, Parents Called on Principal, 

 Treated by Private Dentist, Recommended by Dispensary, Treated at 

 Dispensary, Treatment Secured, Remarks. 



SUMMARY. In summarizing the situation with respect to the 

 dental inspection of school children the most salient fact is that the 

 commonest of all physical defects among school children is decayed 

 teeth. Cases of dental defectiveness are frequently greater in 

 number than are all other sorts of physical defects combined. 

 Moreover, it is probably true that there is no single ailment of school 

 children which is directly or indirectly responsible for so great 

 an amount of misery, disease, and mental and physical handicap. 



Within the past decade those having the greatest interest 

 in the physical welfare of children have awakened to the existence 

 of these conditions and vigorous steps have been taken to remedy 

 them. First in Germany, next in England, and more recently 

 in the United States dental inspection has been inaugurated and 

 school dental clinics established. The means and methods 

 developed have so conclusively demonstrated their usefulness 

 that the movement is everywhere extending rapidly and steadily. 



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