Title: The New Zealand Dental Services

Author: Anson, T. V.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1960, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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Comparison between Navy, Army and Air Force in New Zealand

	Navy	Army	Air Force
Requiring treatment	80·9 per cent	79·6 per cent	85 per cent
Fillings required per man	2·76	4·11	3·39
Extractions required per man	0·5	1·31	0·7
*Artificial dentures required	10·15 per cent	23·52 per cent	12·1 per cent

These figures are the result of striking an average from a large number of reports.