The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
BRIDGEPORT DENTAL HYCIENIST
 PROTESTS REPARATIvE TYPE OF
 @CLlNiC FOR PARK CITY SCHOOL IS
"A Charity That Should Never Be Permtted,' Says Elizabeth Beatty D. b. s. at Convention of State As sociaton-Tends to Pauperize the Child.

vices. Cards are made out for them and sent home to the parents by the children, calling attention to the teeth which need filling and stating that if they would like the work done in the school without expense to them, sign the card and return it by the child. We believe that we have no right to operate on any child without the parents signed consent.
 / The dental outfit is portable one, quite similar to those of the dental hy- gienists, which can easily be transport ed from school to school One of the hygionists usually acts as an assistant, in sterilizing the instruments and aid ing when necessary, in order to facf-
 itate the work. This takes but lit tie of her time and does not interfere
 in any great degree with her own work.
 The dental chair is placed in un-
 used class rooms corridors, teachers and tutors rooms, or in any comfort
 able place where there is plenty of light. Practically all of the work is
 done with alloy, first lining the cavi- ties with cement. Most of the chil-
 dren are tractable and very little diff
 ficulty- is encountered in doing the operative work in the school building
 Sometimes. they are a little nervous or frightened, perhaps, at first, and some times purely stubborn. Each child is dealt with accordingly. Usually a lit Il6 0ApIOr1nSs or the preparation or a single cavity at the first sitting, will convince the child that there is no pain and no reason flo rhim to be alarmed, and thus his confidence is gained, after which the work is car ried through with ease. The parents are, usually, very much interested in the care of their chi1dren's teeth, and
 most of the cards come back signed. Many are indifferent, while others seem to have the mistaken idea that the work is charity and will not permit | it to be done. An interesting phase of the work is the education> of the
 parents in the care of their own teeth, by the children.
 ''The talks at the chair aid most ] considerably, as do those given by the ] hygienists. The children are told why | their teeth and mouths should be kept
 in clean and sanitary condition, how | the teeth is attacked by decay and
 why 1t is necessary to fill the cavities l while they are yet small, and the chill dren seem to absorb and comprehend. ''The lectures given in the schools fby Drs. Zones and Strang are most
 helpful too, in driving home the neces- sity for caring for the teeth, the ster-
 eopticon giving them simple mental tpictures that make a deep impressi on upon the young minds, which is last ing. The supervisors and teachers aid 1 greatly also. in securing the children, 1 ] giving the needed information to 1 health, parents, etc, of the child. ] Quite 3. little time is consumed in l making friends with the children and | gaining their confidence, because den- i tai work for children, if done carefully l and pain1essly, progresses slowly; yet 1 the records show an average of eighty | five to ninety alloy filings each week, besides the extraction of many loose or abscessed deciduous teeth, and a
 number of treatments for the temper ary relief of pain, for the children in the higher grades
 l The discussion on the paper was
 opened by Dr. Wm. J. Mclaughlin, o1 | this city, followed by Dr. T. A. Ga
 nung,, also of this city. At the con-
 c1usion of the discussion Miss Ella Maher, formerly of Bridgeport, now
 hospital, read a paper entitled f'The
 Services of the Dental Hygienist ir
 Hospitals" Discussion on this paper
 was confided to Dr. B. R. Bryant o1
 New Haven and Dr. R. HI. w. Strane
 of Bridgeport. The third and fina
 paper read at the afternoon sessior
 was by Mrs. T. A. Ganung of Bridge
 port. She chose for her subject the
 dental hygienists work regarding the
 prevention and control of pyorrhee a1veoIaris. Mrs. Ganung's papers wa: 2 discussed by pr. A. c. Tones of Bridge
 port and others.
 , Last evening Prof. Moves of the Uni l versity of Illinois under the auspice: of the hygienistS gave ,an illustrated l talk the peridenta1 membrane. The closing exercises yesterday com prised table clinics showing charts , literature and description of the worl done in the public schools of Bridge
 port. The table clinics were by Miss Rose E. House and Mrs. Hubert w Hart, supervisors of the dental hygien : ists, in the Bridgeport public schools g The chair clinics phophyaxis for chil dren, the subjects coming from tht r public schools in New London were ir charge of Pauline Green and Ce } celia Han1ey dental hygienists, con t neoted with the Bridgeport schoo , clinic. The closing clinic was a pro
 phyjax1s for adults and was in charge F cs Elizabeth Keen of Hartford, Conn. and Louise Borchardt, of Boston. Al l of the above hygienists were graduate : OF the Bridgeport school. The Connecticut Dental Hygenist l Association was founded by Dr. A C. TOnes, of Bridgeport, and the or sE ganiza.ion effected June 9th, 1914. a f Bridgeport, the original members con g stituting 45.-The officers of the as r sociation are President, Mrs. 1ren
 f90ewman, Bridgeport; vice president s Mrs. Louise Harris, New Haven; secre s tary, Mrs. Hubert Hart, Stratford = treasurer, Miss Edmere Champagne e executive committee, Miss A. K. Nor y ris, Stamford; Miss Maud Hugo s Bridgeport; Miss Louise Rich, Water = bury.
 @ The members present from Bridge n port comprises Mesdames 4. c. Fones t W. J. Mclaughlin, R. H. W. Strang = Roy E. TuthilI and Miss Anna Bennett l. Those in attendance engaged in ac S tua1 practice in public schools or i = private fields in Bridgeport were tn l. two supervisors of the Public schools e Rose House and Mrs. Hart and Ett h Cunningham, Elizabeth Nichols, Ma t bel McCarty, Helen Rosenthal, Hele V Meath, Agnes Morris, Merna LyforG O Hazel Knopf Cecelia, Hanley, Paulin = Green Veronica Graham, Kitty DevIir r Bessie Wells. Those present engage