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Hong Kong and Kowloon as well as volunteer dental surgeons for the Ruttonjee Anti-Tuberculosis Sanatorium and for St John Ambulance Brigade teams visiting the outlying islands.
The St John Ambulance Brigade maintains a dental clinic at its headquarters, where two dentists provide free treatment for blind and crippled children from orphanages and institutions. Other voluntary bodies and welfare organizations also maintain free or low cost dental clinics and many dentists give their services free of charge. Hong Kong Tramways Ltd operate a full-time dental clinic where employees and families obtain full dental care free of charge.
Fluoridation of Hong Kong's urban water supplies began in 1961. The first post-fluoridation dental survey was carried out in 1962 and similar surveys are planned to take place every two years. It is expected that the enrichment of the Colony's water by 0.7 parts per million of fluoride ion in the summer months and by 0.9 parts per million during the winter months will bring about a marked reduction in the prevalence of dental caries which is responsible for much ill health and suffering, especially among children.
Dental health education plays a large part in the preventive measures which have been adopted to combat dental disease in Hong Kong. A dental health exhibit staffed by Government dental officers and auxiliaries was a feature of the agricultural show held at Tung Chung, Lantau Island in January. In July the Kaifong Association again staged a health exhibition, this time in Kowloon, where opportunity was taken to present the facts of dental health and the principles of oral hygiene to thousands of children and adults.
TRAINING
Doctors. Undergraduate training is carried out at the University of Hong Kong, which confers the degrees of MB, BS; these degrees have been recognized by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom since 1911. Post-graduate clinical training is available in the Colony for higher qualifications awarded by most of the examining bodies in Great Britain. The Panel on Post- graduate Medical Education, consisting of university and Govern- ment staff members, supervises this training and advises on both