CARE OF THE TEETH.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1929, Page 6

CARE OF THE TEETH.

WORK IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES COMPARED. AUCKLAND, Jan. 3. Problems relating to dentistry in America, England, and France were closely investigated by Mr Claude H. Moses, past president of the New Zealand Dental Association, who has returned to Auckland from a. year’s tour abroad. Mr Moses considers the school dental service in New Zealand the finest in the world. He believes that the Dental School in Dunedin will compare favourably with any in America, which leads the world in this direction. Mr Moses visited the Dental College in Paris, the largest institution of its kind in France, and lie also inspected colleges in England and in the United States. “-In France practically nothing is done in treating the teeth ot the poor,” he said. “England is only on the fringe of this work, while in the United States, I found much good was being done.” Mr Moses said the American dental schools wore very advanced and lie was strongly of opinion that Air F. 0. Dodds. Professor of Dentistry in Dunedin, should be sent to the United States to investigate the latest methods being employed there. He found that many of the American Dental Schools favoured an exchange of Professors, and if this could be arranged in the case of New Zea\in'' and the United States, he thought it would he of great benefit to the Dominion. He intended to take the matter up with the New Zealand Dental Association, and with the authorities of the Otago Dental School. “The teeth of the people in the United States are well looked after, and are, on the whole, better than those of the people of England,” said Air AT.oses. “This is largely because the American people consume more fresh food. "With regard to the controversial subject of the extraction of teeth, I found the general view among dentists in the United States is that unless a tooth shows decided signs of decay it should Ixj conserved.”