[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey.

  • Guernsey (Channel Islands). Council.
Date:
1968
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    General Anaesthetics These are down on last year, as we find that a greater proportion of children are seeking local anaesthetic for extractions. Apart from an abcessed tooth with swelling, local anaesthetic is in the vast majority of cases, the most convenient method of having deciduous teeth extracted. Orthodontics and, Prosthetics There is a steady demand for orthodontic treatment, but much of our work is preventative. In other words, if we consider that a child may have an orthodontic problem, we keep him under observation and perhaps perform serial extractions, to augment facial growth and create more space for the erupting permanent dentition. This obviates the necessity of appliances later on. Proposed Dental Clinic Plans are being considered to convert the hut in the grounds of the Education Department, to a three surgery dental clinic. At the request of the Education Officer, I have submitted a number of designs, and a sketch plan has been drawn, showing a three surgery lay-out, with recovery, dark room, office and waiting room. The main advantage of this layout, is that there will he a flow of patients through the building, and no child need go back to the waiting room, after extractions under general anaesthetic. I hope that the sound proofing will be as efficient as is necessary. D. J. HEARNS, Principal School Dental Officer. Dental Inspection and Treatment carried out by the Authority during the year 1968 No. of Pupils on the Registers of Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools 7,091 1. Number of Pupils Inspected by the Authority’s Dental Officers (a) at school inspections ... 1,862 (b) at clinic ... ... ... 2,454 Total 4,316 2. Number Found to Require Treatment ... ... ... ... 2,797 3. Number Actually Treated ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,416 4. Number of Attendances made by Pupils for Treatment ... 7,266 5. Number of Patients made Dentally Fit ... ... ... ... 2,130
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