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Studies on Dental Care Services For School Children
Author(s) -
WATERMAN GEORGE E.,
KNUTSON JOHN W.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1953.tb03863.x
Subject(s) - officer , george (robot) , dental public health , public health , medicine , surgeon general , health care , family medicine , library science , dental auxiliary , management , medical education , nursing , political science , law , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
IN A COMPREHENSIVE analysis (1) of a dental survey of school children in Hagerstown, Md., Klein, Palmer, and Knutson distinguished between the accumulated and annual increment of dental needs. They concluded that the basic problem of caring for caries in the teeth of school children is that of caring for the annual increment. The purpose of this report is to provide actual performance data on the accumulated and maintenance dental care needs of school children. The Richmond study was a cooperative project of the Indiana State Board of Health, the city of Richmond, and the Public Health Service. Beginning December 23, 1946, it extended over a 5-year period. The project was designed to give dental care services to all school children enrolled in kindergarten through the ninth grade, provided treatment was requested by their parents.