Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-22
FREE DENTAL SERVICE
FOR THE WORTHY POOR
Washington Association to Es-
tab|ish System for Benefit of
School Children.

Members of the National Capital Dental
Society have agreed TO devote a number
of hours each month in treating worthy
poor children found in the schools. and
stations will soon be established where
| free treatment will be given 10y experts.
This announcement was made at the
annual banquet of the society at the
| Normandie last night by Dir. &. w. Cuth-
bertson. He explained that the next step
| in the movement started I'm December.
1909. to improve public health would he
| the establishment of free clinics. Ar
rangements for this work are now in
progress.
DR.. NJ. NJ Dolmage. vice president OF
| the society. acted as POSTMASTER. and in
| his opening remarks he told OF the prog
ress being made by the organization 10
raise the standard of hygiene among the
poor.
Address by President Parsons.
Dr. Starr Parsons. president OF the
society, made the first speech. and he
described the dental inspection of
Washington's public schools. lie also
explained that the staff of examiners
gave their services last year without
pupils were examined in 1910. ana
from the information gathered the
board of education urged Congress 10
appropriate money to pay for the serN-
ices of two dental surgeons to CON
| tinue the work The House committee
| on appropriations reported favorabiy
on the item in the appropriation bill
to place on the pay roll two dentists
to act dental inspectors. The bill
was passed by both houses In Con
gress and signed by the President ana
is now a law.
The dental inspector ascertains the
exact condition of the mouth, after
which he enters on a blank chart the
exact number of teeth requiring treat
ment A duplicate chart is sent to the
parents of the child. and the child
usually is sent to the family dentist
for relief.
New York System Explained.
| DIR. J. p. Devlin gave a talk on tho
system introduced in New York state. In
connection with the health department
Two dentists are employed TO deliver
| lectures in the schools on dental sani-
| tation and how to preserve the teeth
| and keep the mouth in a healthy con-
diton.
| The next toast, entitled THE Next
| Step was responded to by DIR. c. w.
| Cuthbertson. "OraI Hygiene" was re-
planned the latest modern methods in the
way of taking care of the teeth and
| mouth.
Dr. William C. Kilinger responded to
| the toast, preventive Orthodentia-" He
| dwelt particularly on how TO prevent
maloccluson of children's teeth in time
| by stimulating the growth of the jaws.
| One of the points he emphasized was
| the freaky method of rearing children
under artificial environments that Is SO
| prevalent today.
He said 1.-The milk bottle and the pre-
| pared foods made mother nature blush
| with shame. and take away from the
| child the main factor of bone and mus
| cular development around the mouth.
Give the growing child the proper kind
| of food, food that necessitates masti-
| cation; educate them how to chew. and
| you will do away. in a great measure.
| with irregular teeth. one of the greatest
| evils of today"
Other Toasts and Responses.
DIR. c. H. Rowland responded to thu
toast preliminary Educational Require
ments'' as a foundation for the study OF
dentistry. Dentistry as a Specially Of
Medicine was discussed by Dr. w. L.
Munger. The next toast, District Board
of Dental Examiners was responded to
| by DR.. w. b. DAILY. DIR. DAILY stated that
the board of dental examiners OF the
District of Columbia desires TO secure
| legislation to protect the public from the
| impositions OF quacks and impostors.
| Ethics was the theme of DIR. j. w.
Hollingsworth The last toast "A Story
| was responded to by DIR. j. III. Johnson.
| DIR. Johnson concluded that the dental
| surgeon was suffering from a disease that
| he would term dignity.