Report of the Department of Health / New Zealand.

  • New Zealand. Department of Health.
Date:
[1963]
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Credit: Report of the Department of Health / New Zealand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at school dental clinics. Although there has been an appreciable increase in the number of school dental nurses it has only recently occurred and during the year field staff totals were fluctuating at lower levels. Number of school dental nurses Number of treatment centres (including sub-bases) Number of schools Number of children Operative dental treatment— Total number of fillings Number of carious permanent teeth extracted Number of carious deciduous teeth extracted .. Total number of carious teeth extracted Total number of operations 965 (910) 1,045 (981) 2,511 (2,505) 419,597 (396,456) 2,135,903 (2,083,652) 737(654) 71,756 (62,988) 72,493 (68,642) 3,259,028 (3,197,471) The total number of fillings amounting to 2,135,903 is to be con¬ trasted with 72,493 teeth removed as unsavable. This latter figure, together with 4,747 teeth extracted for School Dental Service patients by contracting dentists under dental benefits represents a ratio of 3T teeth extracted because unsavable to every 100 fillings. The fall in the ratio of extractions to fillings is clearly shown in the following table: Year Fillings Extractions Ratio of Extractions per 100 Fillings 1925 59,322 43,181 72-6 1935 399,560 70,207 17-5 1945 1,017,290 76,335 7-5 1955 1,440,245 83,247 5-8 1963 2,135,903 77,240 3-1 Treatment of Pre-school Children The number of pre-school children presenting for treatment continues to follow an upward trend. The number receiving treatment in the School Dental Service over the past 14 years is shown in the table below: Year Number of Pre-school Children Treated Approximate Percentage of Total Pre-school Population 2\ to 5 Years of Age 1950 22,514 19 1955 44,976 35 i960 63,012 44 1961 65,001 46 1962 66,827 46 1963 73,158 49