The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
DENTAL CLINIC TO
AID THE CHILDREN
Leading Practitioners of the City
Will Give Their Services
to the Schools

The teeth of the school children of
San Francisco are at present engaging
the particular attention of number of
the leading dentists and philanthropic
workers of the city, who are engaged
in strenuous efforts to establish a free
dental clinic for the poor
A recent examination showed that
the conditions as to bad teeth, adenoids
and diseased tonsils were alarming in
most of the schools Under the leader
ship of DR. Guy s. Millbury of the
University of California dental school,
with whom are associated other den
lists of prominence in the city, plans
have been formulated which promise to
be of the greatest good to the COM
munty and to furnish interesting sta
tistics along the lines of such work.
The board of education, through
President Thomas Bannerman, has
promised hearty cooperation and will
provide rooms in convenient loca-
tion-the Washington grammar school
has been suggested-but beyond that 1t
is expected that everything will be
given by volunteers.
MANY VOLUNTEER AID
The San Francisco dental society the
dental department of the university
and several womens clubs have prom
ised to do all in their power to aid in
the movement and the success of the
step would seem assured.
1t is planned that a number of the
most prominent dentists of the city
a list to be compiled by Doctor Mill
bury and others-shall give a half day
each month of work, free of charge,
and nearly the required number has
al 6yy rnIr = iC ha1 hot
from dental equipment houses and
wholesale firms chairs and the neces-
sary equipment may be secured as
donations, for at least two chairs at
first and possibly four or five later on.
Tooth brushes and tooth powder may
be secured as samples from wholesale
houses and the children will be in
structed in the proper care of their
teeth after they are repaired.
NURSES TO ASSIST WORK
Proposals will be made TO the diff
ferent hospital training schools that
nurses be sent for one month at a time
and that that shall be considered as
part of the regular course. Each nurse
Will stay three weeks and will then be
joined by the nurse for the following
month, whom she will instruct as to
her duties. She will keep statistics,
which will eventually prove of great
value.
In order that the clinic be not over
whelmed by those who are able to
pay for dental work it is probable that
patients Will be admitted only on cards
from the Associated charities or other
organizations of similar standing. The
clinic Will be maintained five mornings
of each week.
Many have become interested in the
movement and have promised donations
of money, which will, of course, be re-
quired for some of the minor expenses
President Bannerman of the board of
education has expressed himself most
warmly in favor of the proposed elm
les, which he did not hesitate to declare
one of the greatest philanthropic and
charitable works which has been
planned here.
The standing of those dentists who
have volunteered their services makes
1t above criticism" he said "As one
of them said to me, it must be done by
those who will find the giving of their
services a sacrifice"