The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-25
WOMAN DENTIST TELLS OF WORK
 AMONG SCHOOLS
Gr. Beatty Finds Excellent Standard of Health Among
 the Children.
RELIEVES DENTAL
 HYGIENE CAUSES TT
Italian . Speaking Families Especially Interested in
 the Movement.


 That there are fewer eases of sick ness than are usual among the chill dren of the lower grades Of the schools of Bridgeport, that some. who were known as "sick1y children a year ago are now as healthy as could be desired, that the general condition of the children's teeth is much above the average of those in other cities and that this remarkable improve ment in health and teeth is due to the one year of work of the dental hygienists is what Miss Elizabeth Beatty, D.D.S..- newly appointed by the board of health to work among the school children has discovered during the short time that she has been here. -f
 pr. Beatty did dental clinic worFf for the school children of NewarK,t ] N J., last year, which gave her a,n1- pie experience from which to judge.
 She is working now on the chill dren of the second grade. treating those who last year received the at tentton of the hygienists, and her work begins where theirs left off. as she does what ever reparatory work that is necessary.
 It is the work of the hygienists to talk to the children on the value of keeping their mouths clean and to teach them thoroughly how to clean h. is remarkable how many of the chill dren have obeyed the instructions and how free their teeth from stains. She has asked each of the children wheth- CT he uses a. tooth brush every day and practically all of them have an swered in the affirmative.
 However, even if the teeth are kept clean and there are cavities, germs will keep breeding through the food fIn oIoil 1 efn q that he eats Each child that s1las decayed teeth is sent to Dr. Beatty and, if the parents written permis- sion is obtained, may have them fll- ed.
 pr. Beatty has been working at Columbus school since the term open ed and there are a number of Italian children in the lower grades there. Some of the mothers. she said, are so anxious to have their children S teeth repaired that they bring them right to her. Others are sullen about it or hat1y refuse to allow the chill dren to be treated. No work is done without their consent.
 Poor teeth, according to Dr. Beatty, are often the cause of keeping chi1- dren backward They make them an eInic, and produce the numerous lit tie illnesses, which while not serious enough to keep the child away from school, prevents them from being as healthy as nature expects young chill dren to be.
 Dr. Beatty told of one boy whom she has examined here. A year ago. his teacher told her, he was very sick1y. The dental hygfe1ists found that his teeth were in a sbad condition and recommended him to one of the dentists who was giving some of his time to work for the city's poor chill ' Dr. Beatty says that today the boy >is as bright and healthy as could be desired.
 When 8 year ago the dental hy- gienists commenced their work anon g the school children, it was so new a. thing, not only in this e'ty, but in the entire country. that there were many conJectures as to it's results. Since in one year of work such things as Dr. Beatty has found have been accomplished it's success is assured. Dr. Alfred c. Fones is the originator of the idea and the one who made it possible to be carried out by giving his time to teaching ~theyoung women to be dental hygienists. The system has been taken up in New. York and in various other cities of the coun- try.
 pr. Beatty regards what she does as missionary work since she is do- ing good for humanity, but in the long interval between the present and the time when the result will be evident there are many difficulties to be over come. However, she loves her work, ], and is deeply interested in it.
 She is a very young woman. not too professi onal, but with a personality to which children are readily attract ed. Her home is in Elizabeth, N. J., and she was graduated from the Phil adelphia Dental College in 1913. The year of her graduation she successful ly passed both the Pennsylvania and the New Jersey state board dental ex- aminations. In June she took the Connecticut State Board examinations and was the first woman in 10 years to successfully pass them. She has been in Bridgeport since the 31st of August. living at the Y. W. c. A. boarding house and has come to like the city very much during the short time that she has resided in it.
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