THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1927. THE DENTAL CLINIC.

Wairarapa Age, 25 February 1927, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1927. THE DENTAL CLINIC.

Particulars which appear in another column throw a certain amount of light upon the expanding activities of that useful and important institution, the Masterton Dental Clinic. There is every indication that the demands made upon the Clinic will expand rapidly. Of late it has been found that there is ample work in sight to keep a second dentist, very busily employed, and it is to be hoped that this addition to the working strengh of the Clinic is intended to be permanent. As might be expected, there is a growing demand on behalf of the pupils of outlying country schools for a share in the benefits the Clinic is in a position to confer. It is, of course, highly desirable that this demand should be met as promptly as possible. It is by this time very clearly understood that one of the most important services that can be rendered to children in the interests of their future health and welfare is to see that their teeth are attended to and put into the best possible order. Everyone knows, or should know by his time, that the state of the teeth has a commanding influence upon general standards of health. It should be easy to agree that every effort should be made to extend the work of the State Dental Clinics as widely as possible. Provided the Clinics are supported afid strengthened ss they should be, no very serious difficulty is likely to be experienced in reaching at least a great proportion of the children attending .outlying schools. Arrangements no doubt can be made to transport the children to the nearest available centre in. which a Clinic has been established, and early developments on these lines should be possible in Masterton. As head of the branch of the Health Department which is concerned with dental hygiene, Colonel Hunter appears to be thoroughly sympathetic, and it is to be hoped that the development of activities which mean so much to the health and future welfare of members of the rising generation will not b 6 cramped by an overdone desire for economy or on any other ground.-