DENTAL TREAT|ME

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 517, 28 April 1933, Page 4

DENTAL TREAT|ME

ADVANTAGESTOc ESSENTIAL TO AVOlDto AND ENSURE SOlM HEALTH 8 "WHY SAVE THE BABYTg (Specially written for n. by Miss D. Hall, dentall Rotorua.) Sound teetb are essential f« health and it is the earnest all parents to see th'eir healthy, strong and bright, "When should the child gj, the dentist," is a question, that quently a.sked. It ^should be ^ at three years of age, ^hetj defects are noticeable or jj can 'be done^either by p]aCj. child under the care of a ^ if you so desire, by avaik self of the faeilities offered School Dental Service. Regaj system'atic trea.tment is aval the dental clinic, but only if ren commence treatment ^3, primer classes-. A consent form is sent y every child in the -primer cfe owing to ignorance or lack o£i many parents are neglectingh dental treatment for their d Some parents think that ti* leave it till later pn, which th'at the he'alth of the ch| affected, also teeth which are] til they ache and are painft] being treated. It ha3 also bees by some parents that they haj tributed-once and th'at they 1 going to pay any more. Befe Health Department will send 1 to any district, a clinic mustle the funds being raised hy the of the district. Money was « for this purpose in [Rotorua ii later he used for the buildingoi clinic. The cost of the School Denh vice i3 borne chiefly by the E ment, but the dental clinic coa has certain financial ohligatl connection with the upkeepi clinic and is empowered by | ernment to make the charge per year for eaeh child treat the fee must be paid in adnj Another reason for this uej that many parents say "What need for bothering with & teeth, because th'ev are going out." What a fallacy this is. K teeth should receive regularda tention because they are n»i (1) To chew food properlyi the child's delicate stomachi be overburdened. (2) To prevent the teeth k scessing and causing infeclis may igo into the hlood. j (3) Te eliminate cavities, * •breeding place for germs. I (4) To help the child tatai ly and to prevent any impedis speech that might become M (5) To preserve the corrcti in the dental arches for the \ ent teeth and aid in the pa? velopment of the jaws and tli expression. ( (6) To prevent decayed sm! the baby teeth from coming i tact with the erupting pa teeth, which would causethe tion of a ca.vity in the secoci (7) To prevent pain anjs and to pi'omote health and toi Examinations of school ( disclose the f act that in near| case of mental backwardness/ some defect of the e'ars, teeth. The striking thing •among children who are to their school work, bad teeth ai more often than poor eyea hearing.i Decayed teetb is a physical defect in the Nevri people to-day and only 3 to5i hundred primer class childi found to have perfect teeth. Consent f orms which are s are to be returned within H ' it is understood that treata® desired and as a great manyj forms. have not been teturw dental clinic, the serious pos® now arisen, that unless are interested, Rotorua is $ lose the privilege of having 2 dental service. j