The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
DENTAL NURSES
 WILL BE TAUGHT
 FREE OF CHARGE pr. A. 0. Zones Institutes Clinic That Will Pay Cost of Instruction. STUDENTS COME HERE FROM GREAT DISTANCE Bridgeport Preventive Work Famous All Over Eastern
 Part of Country.

So successful has the Bridgeport preventative dental clinic instituted here by pr. A. c. Zones, become and so great is the appreciation of it ex-I pressed by university experts through out the east that dental class con taining students from all over New England has been instituted in this city. Vermont Massachusetts and the other New England states have representatives here, learning the art in which Bridgeport is the pion- eer.
 The new class is made up of den- tai assistants and dentists secretaries who desire a scientific Knowledge of both the theoretical and practical study of dentistry. Bridgeport is the only place in the country where such a school exists.
 In order to conserve the $1O, ,0OO appropriation to the board of health for the dental clinic, and at the same time not charge the high school pu- pills who would be dental hygienistss |. for their instruction, Dr. A. c. Zones. who is in charge of the dental clinic, has instituted a plan whereby Bridge port young women may be taught the art free and placed in the Bridge port schools and the state of Connec- ticut be benefited. Dental assistants in various parts of the state have sought the kind of training that is ob- tainable only here and a class has been formed of them. One member l is from Brooklyn and the others are all from New England. Their fees for instruction pay for the cost of educating the dental nurses for the schools.
 1 Another class assists in the same | purpose. The class is formed of l women who wish to learn the theoret-
 icaf work for the purpose of some time becoming dentists assistants. The classes are divided into A.~-the high school girls; B. the dental as- 1 sfstants and c, those who would be-
 come dentists assistants.
 The new plan was instituted last l Friday evening when all three classes l met in the clinic rooms at 1875 Main | inc course by pr. Raymond c. Os- ! born, aPh. D., professor in Barnard Col | 1ege. He spoke on Anatomy" l The classes will meet during May, l June and July. Tn September, it is expected, five girls will be selected 1 and will be placed in the Bridgeport | schools as dental nurses
 | Dr. Zones said today that instructors for school children require a fundA- 1 mental Knowledge of anatomy, nedi- cine, prophy1axis and the various iIl- nesses of the mouth and the prospec- l tive nurses will be taught both the theoretical and practical clements o1 dettistry and medicine.
 i Theasystem in the Bridgeport schools
 was instituted by Dr. Zones, who is 1 recognized as one of the foremost scientific dentists in the East. Since it's inception two years ago, it has be-
 come known all over tfis section o1
 the country. It is the only preventive
 system in any city of the United States
 Only the pupils in the first and second grades are being taught the care o1
 the teeth now. but beginning in Sep | tenber, the work will be extended tc
 the third and fourth grades.
 Those who will lecture are Ray emond C.. Osborn, Ph. D.; Alexander
 M. Prince, M. D., medical department | Yale university; L. F. Rettger, Ph. D.
 Sheffield Scientific school, Yale; R H. w. Strang, D. D. S., M. p, speciaIis
 in orthodontia; H LeBaron Peters. M
 D., specialist in bacterioIogy; Edward II c. Kirk, Sc. D., D. D. S., dean of den
 tai department, U. of P.; Dr. J. Leor EfWiI1iams, New York, and Dr. Zones.