Maintenance of oral health and the prevention of disease were the primary concerns of dentistry in recent months. In the U.S., one of the few developed countries without a national dental care program for children, the American Dental Association approved the initiation of pilot programs for all children. The use of new equipment that allowed a patient to recline between a seated dentist and his assistant was increasing the volume and efficiency of oral care.
Bacteria deposits, gum dis-es, and oral odors were all found to be reed by the treatments. [The findings demonstrated the effectiveness [topical antibiotic therapy in oral hygiene. The nee of undesirable side effects in the urse of two and one-half years of observation i noteworthy and was expected to encourage tier study of this method of improving oral
In 1968 the Public Health Service was reorganized into three separate health agencies: the Health Services and Mental Health Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Consumer Protection and Environmental Health -Service, including the Food and Drug Administration, one of the agencies originally transferred into the Federal Security Agency in 1939. These three health agencies are directed by the assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs, who is aided by the surgeon general of the Public Health Service.
Maintenance of oral health and the prevention of disease were the primary concerns of dentistry in recent months. In the U.S., one of the few developed countries without a national dental care program for children, the American Dental Association approved the initiation of pilot programs for all children. The use of new equipment that allowed a patient to recline between a seated dentist and his assistant was increasing the volume and efficiency of oral care.