Report on ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy and meetings of the Permanent Committee : Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 / by William Seaman Bainbridge.

  • Bainbridge, William Seaman, 1870-1947.
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[1937?]
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Credit: Report on ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy and meetings of the Permanent Committee : Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 / by William Seaman Bainbridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To Question II, asking to what extent prosthesis is compatible with fitness for military service, the army authorities of twenty nations sent replies. Twelve armies accept recruits provided with a good prosthesis. Poland is one of these, but registers the ruling that the masticatory capacity of a removable tooth is estimated at fifty per cent of that of a natural tooth. In the United States army, prosthesis is regarded as entirely com¬ pete de la Jeunesse”—Rumanian youth saluting the Royal box. patible with military service and its stomatological service is capable of making sets of teeth and keeping them in repair. In Ireland, the regulations provide that if the number of required dental units can be obtained by a good prosthesis, the recruit may qualify for dental fitness. In Sweden, each case of prosthesis is judged individually. To Question III, asking what methods are employed to measure the masticatory capacity, twenty nations made reply. Six have no special method. Four require a special medical examination. The re¬ mainder describe a diversity of special methods adopted. For the Egyptian army the statement is made that as its ration con¬ sists of only soft foods, mastication is easy, and becomes a question of less importance than in European armies. The United States Army regulations contain the note that, “A complete prosthesis is calculated to give thirty per cent of masticatory capacity.” To Question IV, which asks what effect diseases of the teeth and mouth have in determining fitness for military service, there were