The New Zealand Dental Services
Volume of Work carried out by the New Zealand Dental Corps
Volume of Work carried out by the New Zealand Dental Corps
Fillings | 1,340,117 |
Extractions | 367,470 |
Prophylactic treatments | 165,333 |
Full dentures | 46,869 |
Partial dentures | 19,849 |
Dentures remodelled | 54,081 |
Dentures repaired | 76,779 |
The total population of New Zealand at the end of the war was approximately 1,750,000. During the whole of the war 215 dentists were mobilised for service with the Armed Forces for varying periods, but at no time were all these serving together as executive officers. It took three years for the Corps to reach peak strength, after which there was a gradual retrenchment. Taking these facts into account, the volume of work is formidable.
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