The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-06
BY EMILY ENTNIET. )

Dental Committee is some thing quite new, having only come into existence with the opening of schools on the ninth of last September, but it's work is progressing wonderfully, and all ready it promises to prove a great factor in the lives of the hundreds of. young children whom it has streated-
 The work of the committee is pre- Fentative. They clean and polish ths' teeth discover and report the caV1t1es ssI1d endeavor to establish the use of the toothbrush By these means they hope to prevent the spread of con- faqious diseases. as has already beei acc0rnplished in St. Francis Orphan Asylu1n, Boston. where a dentist took up the work and carried it out sim iIarly to the way it is being dolle n tl1is city, with the result that there has not been a case of conta gious dis ease in the huge institution Tor the past three years
 Ten Doing Work.
 Mrs Hubert w. Hart Of Stratford .r35 Mise Rose E. House both grad l1ates Of the Tones Dental Hygiene es1sss of 19I 4, are the superV1sors of the local work and assisting them are ei gIlt young ladies. the Misses v CT onica Graham, Helen Resent hal, Yer Ha Isyford, Catherine 5Fola anaanel sa,s Green. Hazel Knapss Helen Meath and Cecilia Han1ey: These started to train in August, lectures and pTalc- 4tcaf work filling up their time until al1e opening of school
 Tour of the young ladies assist " E' rs-. Hart and four, Miss House. Ehese are slabdivided, two working togeth- er at $ school, thus the children ot four schools in different parts of the tsifv are being treated at one time
 Ti1e most attention is given the children of the first grade whom 1t IS planned to visit five times during me year. Those Of the second grade will pe treated at least once soaIlng lp !. sl' llls wear while. because of, the great mum 95ero of children. it will be impossible for. t1asea committee to visit those or inc thIrd. fourth and fifth grades. but these Will be given stereonuean lec- lures by Dr. Fones and pr. Strang
 taThe children display great in terest in the work said Mrs Hart ssxVe have had splendid co-operation and very little trouble on the part or The res'rents A few of the children have at first hesitafed, and refused to. come to 1is. but after they had seen the other children being treateds they have usually given in and come with FsSIt. fI1rtlaer trouble When the ci1iI- dren are under the care of dentist we do not touch them.
 Children Like Treatment
 Most Of the children seem to llKe being treated an arnuse those who are working over them with wonder tl tales One tiny fellow of the first grade who was in the cl1fr when | visited the school thought the cleans ing powder ssgsl1rl-p powder = and was regalins the young lady who was was i working over him with an amusing account of what would happen when she put 1t into his tooth and how the l tooth would ssshoot out, the way the l guns did at war.
 when the CoInuittee first visit 2 ischooI the children of one room are 1 treated. aheir teeth clean ed and poll E4shed and cavities carefully recorded. lThen there is sent to thes ehi1d's home lm small pamphlet explaining the aims kok the Dental C0nnInittee and effect lively illustrated with pictures whicF Ishow the efEect Of the early loss or lthe teeth on the contour Of the face. la1so a chart on which are pictured fxhe full sets of temporary and per- Emanent teeth and space for record sdng the chi1d,s name. sc1eoo1. room. iaddress and so forth. and the state kof the teeth, whether clean fair or tdErty, the color of the gums, dark fred. light red, or pink. whether the f&eeth are temporary or permanent, twhether the toothbrush is used daily. toccasfonally or not at all, and the 1 number of cavities in temporary or tperunanent teeth On the pictured ksets of teeth, each tooth which has ka cavity ig distinctly marked. The lcornnittee will keep duplicate o1 fthis chart and to bes referred to on lfts succeeding visits.
 Each Cavity Recorded
 On the day following the asending nome of these charts, the tooth brush tdrt11 is given the children They Eare asked to bring their own brushes For if they wish to purchase one Efrom the committee for five. cents they may do so. Printed directions sfor the drill are given the children to take home and the brushes are col s1ected and thoroughly steriIized over might for the second drill the fol- lowing day. After this drill the chi1- dren are allowed tostake the brushes home. Many of the teachers have stimulated the children s interest in the drills by repeating the motions o1 the exercise each day without the brush
 During the few weeks that the york has been carried on between fifteen and seventeen hundred children have Deem treated by the Committee. The pupils of the first grade are ta.ker during school hours while those of the second grade receive attention after school and on Saturday mornings.
 The work is most interesting said Mrs Mart. One is given an .oppor- tunity to study child nature and the various foreign natures at first hand. Interesting too. are the differences 1T the teeth of the various nationalities some of the foreigners have wonder faIIg beautiful teeth, due no doubt to the coarse foods. the hard breads and tough meats which they eat ant whose mastication thoroughly cleanse he teeth. The children of this coun. try eat more soft foods and conse auently their teeteh decay more read. ilv.
 Work Needed Badly
 The apparatus which the Conmittes uses is furnished by the Board ol Heauth- The chair is an army den,