SCHOOL CHILDREN'S TEETH.
GROSS CARELESSNESS OF 'PARENTS,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
Auckland, Decembsr 18. The .state of the teeth of children ia some of the Auckland schools is described in a report suLmitted to the Education Board by the . Dentists' Committee. The report states that the examination conducted bv the Auckland- Dental Association and the Hospital Board of children attending several city schools has just been conclude:!. The total number of children whose mouths were examined was 1857, their ages ranging from fivo to fifteen years. These had 7639 decayed permanent' teeth, as follows:—3858 which needed simple fillings to restore them -to healthy and \natural condition; 1963 which needed complete fillings and treatment of dental pulp and root canals; and 181G which were hopelessly decayed, though possibly some of these could bs saved, but in the meantime they wtra a real source of danger to the health ol the children. . ■•
Between the ages of seven to thirteen yea; , !, only SO children, or 4} per ctnt., hnd no decay in their permanent teeth. As. an indication of the rapid progress of decay when unchecked, '■ it may lw noted Hint between the ages (.f aiven to ten years there were 62 children with no do\!i\y in permanent teeth, while httween the ages of 10 to 13 years there wore only 18 children with sound teeth.
A very regrettable feature of the examinations, continues the report, was an almost total lack of effort on the part of the parent , : to have their children's teeth preserved, as only 50 of 1857 children examined hnd any fillings done' 'in their mouths at all. Most of the children had never been taught to use a tooth-brush, and their mouths were in most cases in n shockingly unhealthy . condition. In eases where tho brush had been used systematically, the percentage of decayed teeth was considerably less.
As a result of the examination's so far over 100 children have been presented for treatment at tha Dental Hospital. ''■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1627, 19 December 1912, Page 4
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328SCHOOL CHILDREN'S TEETH. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1627, 19 December 1912, Page 4
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