The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-11-12
ORAL HYGIENE
CHIEF TOPIC AT
4. DENTAL MEET
Interesting Symposium on Child
Welfare Work at Slope
Clinic Luncheon

dentists of the Missouri Slope per-
formed real service to this section
OF the state at the Mckenzie hotel
Saturday noon by staging a sympo
SUM upon "Oral Hygiene" that is
bound to have far reaching effect in
promoting general welfare among the
children as we'll as the adults by rivet-
ing attention upon the economic value
as well as the general necessity of
dental care.
The luncheon given by the Missouri
Slope Dental association was attended
ny representatives of the school
boards of Bismarck and Mandan. OF.
ficials of the commercial and civic
bodies as we'll as the press we're pres.
ent and the dentists took them into
their confidence and told just what
they were striving to do to aid the
school authorities in preparing the
children physically to meet the educa-
tional demands of the curriculeum.
Minot Clinic
DR.. Householder of Minot told of
the wonderful result of the dental
CLINIC conducted in that city. After
the first year marked Improvement
was made i'm the condition OF the
teeth of the school children and with
the application Of the principles OF
oral hygiene came a better rank of
scholarship. There were less failures
and pupils whose percentages were
just of passing mark secured higher
rank. Dr. Householder told interest
ingly Of the experiments at Bridge
port, Conn.,, where Une of the best
dental clinics is conducted. He show
ed how the clinic under the direction
of the school authorities pays from a
dollars and cents standpoint.
Miss Nelson Speaks
Miss Minnie Nelson, superintend-
cnt of education, who has taken an ad-
yanced position upon the teaching Of
oral hygiene in the state schools pledg-
ed her hearty cooperation. She had
with her as evidence of the deep in
.terest taken in this work Miss Grace
Osborne, New York, assistant crusade
executive of the National TuberculO-
sis association and Mrs. Gertrude
Hasbrouck of Rhode Island, child
welfare worker. These authorities
have been lecturing at school insti.
tutes. They stressed the necessity
of oral hygiene in the school, Miss
Osborne illustrated how health sub.
jects are made more interesting
Through the application OF modern
methods. The value of child COOP
Grafton to bring better sanitation to
the homes of the nation was graph
cally described.
Superintendents Love and Martin Of
the Mandan and Bismarck schools
pledged their aid in promoting the
cause OF oral hygiene George VIII,
president Of the Bismarck school
board. expressed desire to restore
a school nurse to the schools as soon
as public demand was made upon
the board. The work, he said, had
been dispensed with because Of the
shortage of funds. He intimated that
the board would try to restore this
service as soon as enough parents Pc
titionad for it as the work was pro-
ductive of good results in his estima'
tion.
Thomas Sullivan of the Mandan
Commercial club and Geo. n. kenis'
ton pledged their assistance to put
over this drive for school dental
clinics.
Thirty dentists from many towns
in western North Dakota are in at
tendance at the first clinic Of the
Missouri Slope Dental Association,
being held in the American Legion
hall today.
DR.. C. F. Sweet, of Minot, gave a
clinic this morning on "surgical Re
moval of Teeth !
DR.. Householder will give another
lecture tonight in the Legion hall or
the relationship of diet to oral ny
giene, which will be discussed by Or
G. M. Foster, of Beach, and DR.. u. A
Rawlings, of Bismarck.
The clinic is the first held since the
Missouri Slope district association
was organized last spring. 1t is the
intention of the organization to con-
duct about four clinics year. fol
the benefit of the members. Of1lcers
of the association are president, DR.
D. B. Rowley, of Mandan; vice pres
ident, DR.. r. S. Towne, Of Bismarck
and Secretary, DR.. w. E. Cole, OF Bis
marck.
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