Scope and Contents This series consists of surveys initated and newspaper clipping collected by the Georgia Dental Health Program in the 1940s through 1960s. Thomas L. Hagan, the Senior Dental Surgeon of the U.S. Public Health Servicere created dental health survey reports from varying Georgia. John E. Chrietzberg, Director of Dental Public Health Services of the Department of Public Health conducted surveys from 1958-1964 through questionnaires sent to Mental Institutions, Hospitals, Care Facilities, and...

Scope and Contents Beginning in the 1930's the Department of Public Health began an annual program of inspecting the dental needs of school children in Georgia. The Department was assisted in this project by the Georgia Dental Association, the State Department of Education, the Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers and the Agricultural Extension Service. The series contains: (1) Correspondence between the head of the Dental Health Branch and individuals involved in the project, which include: (A) County...

Scope and Contents In 1921 a small group of dentists, school teachers, philanthropists and members of Parent Teacher organizations sponsored several dental surveys' in Atlanta schools. These surveys were soon adopted by other cities and counties. In 1923 the U.S. Public Health Service sent a mouth hygiene unit to 17 Georgia counties to survey the teeth of school children. In 1927 the Georgia Dental Association recommended establishment of a dental hygiene section in the Department of Public Health, and in 1928...

Scope and Contents In September of 1964 the Branch of Dental Health, in cooperation with the Division of Dental Public Health and Resources of the United States Public Health Service, and, initially, the Emory University School of Dentistry, Dept. of Pathology sought to educate the dentists who practiced in Georgia in early oral cancer detection. The techniques used in this instruction were those of oral examination, biopsy, and oral exfoliative cytology. The objectives of the program were: (1) to encourage...