Recommendations Concerning Dental Service in State Institutions* * Shortly after the Bureau of Mouth Hygiene of the Michigan Department of Health was established in 1926, the director was asked to visit state institutions and make recommendations concerning dental service. Most of the institutions had either full or part time service, which differed widely, and no plan or policy had ever been adopted either as to service, inventory or purchase of supplies. The aforesaid recommendations were submitted to those whose names are attached, by whom it was discussed and unanimously adopted. It was not expected to be a last word on the subject, but a step in the right direction. Shortly after these recommendations were submitted, direction of all health service in state institutions was transferred from the health department to other departments; consequently, these recommendations have not been put in force in Michigan as yet. When the director of the Bureau of Mouth Hygiene was asked to discuss this subject at a meeting of the association of state directors in Detroit, during the American Dental Association convention, these recommendations were submitted. The Director of the Department of Dental Health Education asked permission to publish them and they are presented here as a basis for discussion.
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Recommendations Concerning Dental Service in State Institutions* * Shortly after the Bureau of Mouth Hygiene of the Michigan Department of Health was established in 1926, the director was asked to visit state institutions and make recommendations concerning dental service. Most of the institutions had either full or part time service, which differed widely, and no plan or policy had ever been adopted either as to service, inventory or purchase of supplies. The aforesaid recommendations were submitted to those whose names are attached, by whom it was discussed and unanimously adopted. It was not expected to be a last word on the subject, but a step in the right direction. Shortly after these recommendations were submitted, direction of all health service in state institutions was transferred from the health department to other departments; consequently, these recommendations have not been put in force in Michigan as yet. When the director of the Bureau of Mouth Hygiene was asked to discuss this subject at a meeting of the association of state directors in Detroit, during the American Dental Association convention, these recommendations were submitted. The Director of the Department of Dental Health Education asked permission to publish them and they are presented here as a basis for discussion.
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