DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

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NOT REGISTERED

ACTION BY DENTAL ASSOCIATION

AUCKLAND, April 23

A prosecution for a breach of the Dentists Act was brought against A. J. Conway, dental mechanic, Karangahape road (Mx Hall Skelton), by the New Zealand Dental Association (Mr R. W. Moody), in the -Magistrate’s Court before Mr AV. J. Poynton, S.M. Conway was charged with holding himself out ns prepared to practise dentistry while not being a registered dentist. Counsel intimated that defendant admitted being unregistered. Maurice E. Dennistoil, dentist, Wellington, and a member of the Now Zealand Dental Association, said that lie visited Conway’s premises on April 9th. When Conway appeared, witness said:

■•Are you the dentist?” and received an answer in the affirmative. Witness then said. “What can you do for this tooth of mine?” Conway said it could not he i rowiiod or filled and an extraction was the only thing. Alter in

spooling another tooth, Conway saitl it could not he crowned, as it did not project far enough front the gum. Witness considered this was wrong. He then told defendant he “Linked’ tin extraction and lelt the rooms. A sign on Conway’s window bore the inscription, “Painless Extractions.”

Mr Skelton : There has been a great deal of collision between your Association and unregistered dentists?—Acs.

Mr Skelton: Was not the examination set for these unregistered men a deliberate trap?—No, there is no mal-

Mr Skelton submitted several extracts from the examination paper, which lie • described as ridiculous and

“utterly foreign to the requirements of the profession.” Among the test questions objected to were, “ AA hy will a horse grow Lit hy eating green grass:-” "How much water is there in a ooiind til meat?” and “11 tvu pups are reared on-Immunised milk and two In a natural way, what will he the difference in the pups?” Mr Boynton: If there arc men who have suffered hardship, the proper remedy is to make representations to Parliament. Mr Moody said that Conway was lined 95 for a breach <>l the Act in |;)|<i. lie had been practising in the same maimer as a qualified dentist. Air Skelton saitl that Conway did a considerable amount of work lor other members of the profession. A line of CIO was imposed.