Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

  • Great Britain. Admiralty.
Date:
1949
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    USES M.228 M.229 M.233 M.234 M.239 Sek dental treatment on Forms M.228 and M.234. It shows on the outside the dental condition of the patient on entry, and is issued at the patient’s training establishment. Subsequently it is retained at the patient’s filing centre as shown in current Admiralty Fleet Orders. When the patient is discharged from the Service, his dental records contained in this envelope are forwarded to the Medical Director-General. Dental Treatment Form.—Used for recording dental treat- ment for every class of patient, including Army, Air Force, Commonwealth and Allied personnel, and miscellaneous - patients. Completed forms are transmitted monthly to the appropriate filing centres. Dental Appliance Gard.—Used for recording appliance work undertaken for individual patients. It is completed in the dental laboratory, and shows expenditure of appliance materials. Form M.240—Monthly Return of Appliance Work—is com- pleted from information contained on Forms M.229. Dental Appointment Card.—Given to the patient as an authority and a reminder to attend the dental department at the time and date stated thereon. Supply of Dentures.—An application form, and subsequently an authority, for the supply, replacement or repair of dentures, either at the public expense or on repayment. In the latter case, the form is used to recover the necessary cost of the dentures from the patient’s pay. The form also accompanies the models, etc., and records the dates of their. transmission between the dental surgeon fitting the dentures and the dental surgeon in charge of the dental laboratory, and enables these two officers to exchange any remarks concerning the construc- tion, etc., of the dentures. Certificate of Supply of Dentures.—This form is attached to the patient’s Pay and Identity Book, and is a certificate (a) that dentures have been recommended, and (0) that they have been fitted. It also records each stage in the construction of the dentures. Appointment Diary.—This is a general diary in book form, containing ruled pages for each day, interspersed with blank pages for notes. For recording dental appointments.