Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-10
AMERICAND ENTlSTS
ARE DOING WAR WORK
Ten Thousand of Them Already
In the Service-Those at
Home Are Helping.

Chicago-Six thousand of the A2,O00
dentists in America are in active mill
tary service n 10000 of these re-
naming at home are members of the
preparedness league ana have per
formed more tina 500, 900 dental op-
erations free of charge to permit young
men to pass strict military. cXamina-
tons. Members of the National Den
tai association from all parts of the
country are gathering here for a big
Win the War convention August s
to 10, at which results already obtained
will be reviewed and plans discussed
for extending further aid to the gov
eminent. Ter thousand delegates are
expected to attend.
The Canadian Dental association has
decided to. attend in a body instead of
meeting in Canada this year, and this
will give the convention an interna-
tional character. A series of dental
clinics will be held, experts will give
especial attention t, pyorrhea and
FOCAL infection. the rwo teeth diseases
mostly feared by the public, and steps
will he taken to impress upon young
men the a~dvisability of consulting
dentists before entering military serv-
ice and thus relieving the great strain
on the army and navy dental corps.
Then will be taken up the art OF
plastic surgery. hich was developed
w I'm SAlNiSL W lIICGI COl1ClllOlIS
brought on by trench warfare. Start
ling results achieved in restoring
health and making normal the appear
ance of men suffering serious face
wounds by means of plastic surgery
have given the dentists a new dis
tinction.
Recognition of the Importance of the
dentists work has led the military au-
thorities to place members OF the pro-
fession In the service on a full equality
with other members of the medical
corps and for he first time the dentist,
as well as the medical man, is eligible
TO a commission as high as colonel.
h splendid response of the American
dentist to the demands of war ante
rn'ne N-'ersoa's entrance into the con-
flict. The preparedness league, found
ca and headed by DIR. j. w. Beach,
untary and extended by a group of
New York state dentists to Canadian
dentists. These Americans crossed into
Canada n contributed their services.
when the Canadian dental corps was
having difficulty meeting the great de-
mands upon it.
League Members Busy.
Thousands Of members of the pre-
r~sicdness league now are devoting
part of their time to the work of pre-
pairing men for military service. They
estimate the nnnner OF free dental
operations will reach the 100000 mark
%Lsfore the first of the year. The Psi
Omega. leading dental fraternity, has
pledged every ORG of it's $1,000 members
"~' s-na se~,,'cns to aid prospec-
tive soldiers In getting into uniforms.
CAMERON. Chicago. has ar
ranged fof a big loyalty banquet on the
opening day at which a Psi Omega
service flag Tearing 1907 stars will be
unfurled. T:.e National Associations
service flag, bearing 5000 stars, will
be unfurled tie opening day.
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills and Lieut..
Vesile .Stoica. of the Rumanian army
Will be the chief speakers at a big
patriotic meeting August z. over which
Col. William H. G.. Logan, Chicago,
president Of the. national association,
will preside.
important Changes in the Medical
Department uf the Army" will BIZ the
subject Of IN address by Mai. Gen.
William G. Corgas. surgeon general of
the army, AZ another session. Lieut..
Col. Horace u. Arnold will outline the
surgeon generals plans for maintain
ing the health Of the soldier. Colonel
Logan and Maj. Robert H. Ivy and
Joseph D. Eny of the army will dis
cuss md Illustrate the wonders Of
modern plastic surgery, INC Col. Guy
Hume. returning from active service
with the Canadian army in France, will
tell OF his observations. A bronze
statue Of the late DR.. Greene Vardiman
Black. of Chicago. one of the great
pioneers OF dental research, which ia
Ito size n stands i'm Tincoln mark.
will be unveiled on August 8. Thous-
ands OF American dentists contributed
to the fund With which the monument
was constructed.