[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There was little change in the overaJl picture. A fairly high proportion were obviously attending regularly (i.e. 6 months) i for treatment at Private Dentists, while others who received Dental Treatment did not attend until some trouble had been experienced. It is pointed out to these patients that more regular visits would greatly reduce the amount of treatment required and prevent the loss of teeth through excessive decay making conservation i impossible. There is also a small proportion of patients with badly neglected mouths which require treatment, but refuse all Dental Treatment until forced to do so by toothache. There are also others who refuse conservative treatment. It has been noted that many of the younger expectant mothers, where the first permanent molars are retained, are : experiencing trouble with impacted third molars (wisdom teeth). There is still little demand for treatment at the School Dental Clinics from these • patients, I was surprised at the number of patients who were not aware that all treat- ■ ment was free, whether at the Clinics or Private Practitioners. Pre School children are treated by the School Dental Officers mostly for the : relief of toothache, there is little demand for any conservative treatment. There has been a very slight increase in the number of these patients, but not t nearly as many as I would have expected, as mothers of older children who attend the ; Dental Clinics are constantly informed that treatment is always available for these ; patients. Numbers Provided with Dental Care (1) Number Examined (2) Number who commenced treatment (3) Number of courses of treatment completed (4) Expectant and Nursing Mothers 14 12 6 Children Under Five 39 31 31 Forms of Dental Treatment Provided (1) Scalings and Gum Treat- ment (2) Fillings (3) Silver Nitrate Treat- ment (4) Crowns or Inlays (5) Extrac- tions (6) General Anaes- thetics (7) Dentures Provided Radio- graphs (10) Full Upper or Lower (8) Partial Upper or Lower (9) Expectant and Nursing Mothers 3 12 — — 13 2 2 — — Children Under Five — — — — 50 29 — — — S