TABLE 28
WORK OF THE GENERAL DENTAL SERVICE 1961-43
Persons
Year
Attendances
Deciduour Teeth Permanent Teeth Mestored Extracted Resinred Extracted
rendered
dentally fir
1961
---
1962
1963
P
130,323 138,377 145,128
5,304 6,254 6,406
19,196 $1.329 33.395 20,269 46,893 14,599 21,649 52,254 33,535
15,086
18,844
21,628
216. Two new dental clinics were built during the year. In May a clinic of advanced design especially for the treatment of children and named the Tang Shiu Kin Dental Clinic for its benefactor was opened in North Point. Accommodation is provided for two dental officers and four dental nurses. The accent in this clinic is on prevention of dental disease and the waiting hall is specially planned for dental health education with an attractive decor and audio-visual aids. In December the dental section of Queen Elizabeth Hospital began operations. This small two- surgery unit is of compact design and, in association with beds and a special operating theatre, is equipped to deal with all kinds of oral surgery including fractures of the face and jaws.
School Dental Service
217. The participants in the School Health Service received dental examinations and treatment from an operating staff comprising six dental officers and four dental nurses whose work is outlined in Table 29.
TABLE 29
WORK OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE 1961–63
marked reduction in caries incidence amongst children will result, partic- ularly in those children born after 1960.
Dental Health Education
219. A continuous programme of dental health education is main- tained in all Government Dental Clinics by professional and auxiliary staff with the aim of impressing on patients the need for good oral hygiene and regular dental care.
Control of Dental Practice
220. Two Dental Inspectors were employed throughout the year in the supervision and control of dental practice, and made regular inspection of premises. There was one successful prosecution for alleged illegal practice of dentistry by an unregistered person under the Registra- tion of Dentists Ordinance, 1959.
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
221. All medico-legal work in connexion with the investigation of crime is carried out in laboratories situated in the Police Headquarters building. These laboratories, under the direction of the Specialist in Forensic Pathology, are staffed jointly by the Medical and Health and Police Departments. Lectures are given in various aspects of medico- legal work to Police personnel. The Specialist is part-time Lecturer in Forensic Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. Table 30 details work of the laboratories during the year.
TABLE 30
Year
No. of Attend- partici- ances for
Deciduous Teeth Restored Extrapred
treatment
1961
1962
1963
pants 24,330 31,242 4,262 8,413 24,919 29,891 4.051 7,423 18,234 28,859 27.940 4.391 6,871 17,366
Permanent Teeri Reszpred Extracted
18,571 2.3.52 1,760 1,549
Participants rendered dentally fil
WORK OF THE PORENSIC PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES 1963 Examination of victims and suspects Attendance at scenes of crime
362
55
Attendance at courts
119
Medico-legal examination of weapons Examination of hairs, fibres, etc.
79
10
P
550
+
PIN
2,332
726
2,931
287
3,099
2,109
894
Dental Epidemiology
13
P11
Identification of nature of meat-dog, cat, etc. Chemical examinations
1 ช
ww
42
218. Fluoridation of water supplies throughout the Colony began in March, 1961. The fluoride ion concentration has since then been generally maintained at 0.9 parts per million during winter months and 0.7 parts per million during summer. Although it is too early for a noticeable effect upon the dental health of the population, it is anticipated that a
50
Examination of clothing Miscellaneous examinations.
Blood grouping tmedico-legal)
Blood grouping (Police Officers) Lectures to Police Officers
Assistance in Raids
Breach of Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance and Penicillin
Ordinance
Unregistered Medical Practitioners...
Abortionists
Linregistered Dentists
$1
MAGA
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