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T h e director of the division of oral hygiene is a dentist, and in addition to directing the activity, spends the m ajor portion of his time lecturing in grade
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schools, high schools and teacher-training institutions, and before parentteacher associations, women’s clubs and civic clubs.
C A N T H E B U R E A U A SSIST Y O U I N Y O U R D E N T A L H E A L T H PROBLEM? A C T IV IT IE S O F T H E B U R E A U 1. Develops friendly relations with other health agencies of a national, state and local character. 2. Acts in an advisory capacity to departments of health, health organizations and indi viduals interested in the development of mouth hygiene programs and clinical activities. 3. Collects and dispenses various types of data and information pertaining to dentistry, especially that dealing with dentistry in the public health field. 4. Distributes dental health educational material in pamphlet and poster form. 5. Conducts a motion picture film and lantern slide rental service. 6. Furnishes material for various types of dental talks to lay audiences and assists and advises in development of ,such talks including radio talks. 7. Prepares dental exhibits and has them available for national, state and local dental meetings as well as for various types of lay health shows. 8. Reviews any dental plans and outlines of proposed pamphlets and dental programs which are submitted to it. 9. Collects interesting articles on dental health for publication in The Journal of the
American Dental Association.
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A list of dental health educational material developed by the Bureau of Public Relations for professional and lay use will be found on page 2110.
C U R R E N T L IT E R A TU R E F etor Oris (H a lito sis), A M edical and D en ta l R esponsibility ( G. L. G rapp, N o rth w e st M e d ., Septem ber, 1933): Fetor oris is usually attributed to gastro-intestinal or he patic disturbances, suppuration of the lungs or a pyogenic process in either the nasal or the oral cavity. T h e author resolves the question into three phases: the source of the odor, the growth of micro-organisms, if any, responsible for the complaint and the mate rial oii which the biochemical process is per petuated. Five hundred cases were examined and charted and the results were conclusive that the fetor was post-oral. Clinical obser vations showed that 90 per cent of the patients had a coated tongue. Here, the re
sponsibility for the fetor was placed. The heaviest coating was at the base of the tongue, where the friction of the tongue, be cause of the smooth, contiguous tissues, was less. Th e thick accumulation of desquamated cells and their decomposition, the accumu lation of organic matter plus the effects of the associated bacteria, gave origin to the fetor. T h is could be readily proved by the use of a swab. Contributing factors are im proper diet habits, the use of alcoholic bev erages, heavy smoking, nervous tension, or ganic and gastric disturbances. “Fur on the tongue” is the consequence of oral sepsis in varying degrees. O f the bacteriology of fetor oris, Grapp says, staphylococci, spirillae,
T h e director of the division of oral hygiene is a dentist, and in addition to directing the activity, spends the m ajor portion of his time lecturing in grade
2099
schools, high schools and teacher-training institutions, and before parentteacher associations, women’s clubs and civic clubs.
C A N T H E B U R E A U A SSIST Y O U I N Y O U R D E N T A L H E A L T H PROBLEM? A C T IV IT IE S O F T H E B U R E A U 1. Develops friendly relations with other health agencies of a national, state and local character. 2. Acts in an advisory capacity to departments of health, health organizations and indi viduals interested in the development of mouth hygiene programs and clinical activities. 3. Collects and dispenses various types of data and information pertaining to dentistry, especially that dealing with dentistry in the public health field. 4. Distributes dental health educational material in pamphlet and poster form. 5. Conducts a motion picture film and lantern slide rental service. 6. Furnishes material for various types of dental talks to lay audiences and assists and advises in development of ,such talks including radio talks. 7. Prepares dental exhibits and has them available for national, state and local dental meetings as well as for various types of lay health shows. 8. Reviews any dental plans and outlines of proposed pamphlets and dental programs which are submitted to it. 9. Collects interesting articles on dental health for publication in The Journal of the
American Dental Association.
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A list of dental health educational material developed by the Bureau of Public Relations for professional and lay use will be found on page 2110.
C U R R E N T L IT E R A TU R E F etor Oris (H a lito sis), A M edical and D en ta l R esponsibility ( G. L. G rapp, N o rth w e st M e d ., Septem ber, 1933): Fetor oris is usually attributed to gastro-intestinal or he patic disturbances, suppuration of the lungs or a pyogenic process in either the nasal or the oral cavity. T h e author resolves the question into three phases: the source of the odor, the growth of micro-organisms, if any, responsible for the complaint and the mate rial oii which the biochemical process is per petuated. Five hundred cases were examined and charted and the results were conclusive that the fetor was post-oral. Clinical obser vations showed that 90 per cent of the patients had a coated tongue. Here, the re
sponsibility for the fetor was placed. The heaviest coating was at the base of the tongue, where the friction of the tongue, be cause of the smooth, contiguous tissues, was less. Th e thick accumulation of desquamated cells and their decomposition, the accumu lation of organic matter plus the effects of the associated bacteria, gave origin to the fetor. T h is could be readily proved by the use of a swab. Contributing factors are im proper diet habits, the use of alcoholic bev erages, heavy smoking, nervous tension, or ganic and gastric disturbances. “Fur on the tongue” is the consequence of oral sepsis in varying degrees. O f the bacteriology of fetor oris, Grapp says, staphylococci, spirillae,