Experiment in Dental Care: Results of New Zealand's Use of School Dental Nurses
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A study by Dr. J. T. Fulton entitled ' Experiment in dental care : results of New Zealand's use of school dental nurses' has now been published as No. 4 in the Monograph Series of the World Health Organization. Dr. Fulton, during his time of a W.H.O. Fellowship, has studied one of the most interesting recent experiments in dental care?the New Zealand practice whereby a large part of the dental treatment of schoolchildren is performed in school dental clinics operated by dental nurses after a two-year training. The practice, which has been the subject of world-wide controversy among dentists, has been criticized as delegating dentistry to partially trained auxiliaries and
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