Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-16
DENTAL SOCIETY [. ISSUES REPORT
FIRST ISSUED BY ORGANIZATION
Object of Society Is to Promote Effi- Cient Dental Work and Confidence Between the Profession and the Laity.
Laity.

The Prospector is in receipt of th- first annual report of the President, C. T. Daggett, and the Secretary Treasurer, H. Cockerille of the Alas ka Dental Association. This organize tion, which embraces every member of the profession in Alaska, was form ed in 1914, and, as stated in it's con- stitution, was formed for "The pro- motion of efficient, scientific and hon. est dentistry; the strengthening of fraternal bonds as between dentists; confidence as betwen them and the laity; and the spreading of the teachings of oral hygiene"
 In addition there has recently been created an associate membership per hitting an affiliation with the organ ization of members of the allied pro- fessions.
 The newly elected officers of the association are: Dr. c. T. Daggett, president, Seward; Dr. E. F. German, vice-president, Anchorage; Dr. R. C. Mathis, secretarytreasurer, Juneau; Dr. Herman Behla, trustee, Iditarod; Dr. H. Cockerille, trustee, Valdez; Dr. l.. w. Fromm, trustee, Nome.
 In his report Dr. Daggett says in part:
 "As profession we can give a boon to humanity. if nothing else were accomplished than the educa- tion of the public mind to the great powers of prevention. The truism of Good Teeth, Good Health, and A Clean Tooth Cannot Decay if not preached from the pulpit can be talk en home by the children. Every school should have the chance to get first hand information on Mouth Care and no one can impress this as can the dentist in a little talk in the school room. He will find the chill dren anxious for another visit and the teachers and trustees giving will ing aid, while the parents will be grateful to a degree that he little dreamed of.
 "The Alaska Federation of Wom- ems Clubs can also give valued help, and with the Dentist and Physician working together. lasting results will be accomplished.
 eff the press of the territory be- comes interested in this movement, Alaska can easily lead the world in First Aid to Good Health, as it has been fittingly called by Dr. L. V. Smith, who as physician for one of the big Alaska mines, has had ample Opportunity to observe it's dire need. "Dr. Romig, president of the South western Alaska Medical Association, observes that, The majority of the ailments of the ailmentary canal are associated with bad mouth conditions and frequently are directly traceable to extensions of mouth infections, while Dr. Sloan, ex-president of the Northwestern Alaska Medical Asso- citation, calls particular attention to the need for treatment of the so-call- ed Pyorrhea and remarks upon both it's prevalence and virulence.
 "Our brothers, the physicians and surgeons, are looking to the dentists with more and more dependence, and every day are sending patients to them for treatment, as mouth condi- tions are found to be responsible for maladies that will not succumb to treatment until the dentist has put that mouth in order. Dr. Charles Mayo said at an address at Chicago, when President of the American Ned ical Association, The next step in Preventative Medicine lays with the Dentist and not only at home but abroad are these truths being real ized.
 "The American Ambulance Corps of Paris is giving it's patients dental attendance and are having their cases dismissed on the average of ten days earlier than other institutions. The American physician and the American dentist are working together and proving American efficiency. v.