School Dental Service Served Children Well | Letter

In nan 1960s, I trained arsenic a dental auxiliary (later known arsenic dental therapists). We were trained to capable successful gaps successful nan schoolhouse dental work and could do elemental fillings, extractions of babe teeth and dental wellness acquisition (The Guardian position connected nan dental divide: ministers must brushwood up their argumentation arsenic good arsenic children’s teeth, 2 September). I worked for complete 20 years successful nan schoolhouse dental service.

The schoolhouse dental serviceman would sojourn each schoolhouse successful their area. If children needed curen their parents were sent a card. Their children could beryllium treated by their ain dentist aliases successful nan schoolhouse clinic. Every kid had entree to treatment. Nervous children and those pinch typical needs were peculiarly good cared for.

This work nary longer exists – to nan detriment of nan dental wellness of galore of our children. What are nan chances of bringing backmost a school dental work now?
Marcia Thompson
Formby, Merseyside