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Show Benutel Cliinmc Seirves All. QAT;(C,iffeirsoni: . During Past Year Six ,CDO By Steady JVouy v. Patients Jilili TSgt. Lionel H. Turner Hillfielder Staff . ft 1 - lilt! To some people it's a phobia, to others it is lif e'shard-es- t task.. Still there are others who gleefully follow the advertising adage of "see your dentist twice a year.-';- Here at Hill Field the phobia has been overlooked, the boulder taken awsfy from Sisyphus . . . and some men go to see ' ' the dentist 'ten times a year." -- Statistical cal proportions of over 26.WK) military personnel visits in the first 11 months of 1944. : With December's figures yet to be compiled,- it is estimated that1 the' final tabulation for this year will exceed 28,000. Jumping at random through a; list , showing appointments com-was pleted per month, last January 3921 sittings with the "big" month, the completed. November- was 1852. "small" month, with only civil-; None of these figures Include ian worker personnel. War Workers Served Here8S0 emerfor jr Over 1000 sittings gency admissions of war workers have been accomplished ' during 1944. These cases were given the . same careful and expert treatment All of that the military- received. this happened during - the- - year 1M4,- which, in the dental surgeon's - own words, "was a small year. 1943 showed double the dental , work completed." The work on this number of all types people in 1944 included of dental care: Extractions with treatments, fillings, all types of denture work, bridge work, prophylaxis andy Vincent's work. treatment, and ajl The policy of the clinic is to com- . pletely examine each man on the , field at least once a year. The staff deviated from the normal dental examination procedure the by making the examinations inarea. clinic instead of the barracks "This procedure was followed to facilitate a more accurate examina- tion," Major Carl A. Meili said, "because of better equipment, lighting and availability of Opened In 1942 The first dental clinic for Hill Field opened in August, 1942, and ocupied two rooms in the base hos- Is in a pital. The present clinic west of . modern building by itself; the officers' club, and north of the department. hospital The first staff was composed of three officers, while today .they have a staff of six officers with five enlisted technicians and four civilian dental assistants. OATSC's dental surgeon, Major Meili, has been in charge since March, 1943. On his first dental survey of the base he found over 290 men that were temporarily disqualified for general overseas service. Putting these men into the finest possible dental condition occupied most of his early months at this base. When the staff became aware of the prevailing condition. It necessitated day and night work for the entire clinic. staff of six officers, two With detached service. of them away ohwork-loaon the d It left a heavy remaining members. All. four worked throughout the day, then would switch evenings to work late two working until ten o'clock one night, the other two working the next night Adhering to this schedule soon had the base com plement up to standard within three months. XSataly Extractions The work consisted mainly 'of extractions and the making of denturesthe only two dental disservice. qualifications for overseas Classified as a MD. C. No. 3", KM Field's clinic possesses the finest In dental equipment There re eight chairs: seven operating with one units and one in complete operating unit located the PW compound, where one officer Is detailed each morning to do the necessary work. The present dental clinic staff has tXajor UeUI In command, with Osteins Donald B.as Kerr and Lauren J. Warts operative tsattsU; Certain Glennon O. Lan-ri- 3. cyoraUvo and executive Captain Clyde O. Bubee In and Cc?taJa Herbert R. rtrfrr, Lstan prosChctfea. All duties rre tatercfcancesUa, wD each of a graduate la all classes of " - . - -- . - ve X-ra- . X-ra- y." - out-patie- - iiilliiiliiliia figures compiled by the receptionist at OATSC's dental phia Craig, who assists in clinic have reached the, astronomi- thetics. - . post-operati- s nt X-ra- y, L-- cants! lereCrtareCicnfiveJaects fta technl-cir- ti charge urar Obtain rf Om laboratory Larra. wtth Cel. CJ-- n l.ilson Ua. PS& Libert weslaj Iswltt. la c&arsa of Cse stock fctsrson rocex also djulios as 2t crrk, wT WAC rrri-- t and reecio--W -fc Fern Ihe Wt llyrtle team Is WAC Pvt. Dtl of this e-m- pros- Impossible to Think Dental assistants? It has been said that it is impossible to think very deeply in the dentist's chair (the open mouth is,, after all, the classic posture of imbecility), and this may be the reason why it has .never been figured out how. it comes about . that dentists' assist1 ants are invariably beautiful. no Hill Field's dental clinic is different from the rest - There they have four girls rthat ,help keep your mind away. from the you. "boring" minutes ahead of denAssistants to the operative tists are Janet Gammon, - Verena Burton and Eva Arrison. Any one of. the three could join with Earl Carroll tomorrow. . . ' Then , there is four feet eleven inches of Dorothy Nebeker, of Salt Lake City,-whmakes all' smiles brighter when they leave. The reason? She cleans teeth. Working as dental hyglenist under supervision, Dorothy takes care of all gum ailments and teeth clean- V; s' v K if s X iiM mm s - r '. . : , Sj CIVILIANS GET TREATMENT . . . Major Carl A. Meili, base dental surgeon, Is shown at x civilian war worker in emergency dental treatment Over 1999 civilian sittings were given &r' 11 months to over 359 emergency cases. Dental assistant at left is Eva Arrison, at the tlL , October, 1943. ' -- ..:.': ':!- s o - ) v : '?Si-.- Army 'Nurse 7, From Philipp - Letter to HF C Echoes Need For 10,000 Rcc: ing. Short and 'sweet short in stature, sweet in disposition Dorothy used to average some ten to 12 gum treatments daily, jvith 15 being her "high day" figure. Now that gum treatments . are under control, she spends most of her hours cleaning and brightening the smiles of. eight to ten. Hill Fielders each day.. All military personnel are examined once a year, with the next inspection slated early in January. It will undoubtedly uncover new dental work that will need treatment and care. 'The staff plans to follow the same procedure of and examinations within the clinic. Now that most of the heavy work has been completed, they do not expect next year to be as heavy as 1944. "The clinic is handling emergencies for dependents of military personnel, and civilian workers employed here at Hill Field," Major Meili added. 'We do all types of emergency work and extractions, so that we can help keep the employes on the job and save lost in visits down town." Arsenal Workers Sent Here Besides these dependents and workers, the clinic serves the surrounding installations. All of the Arsenal personnel are sent here for dental service, and they handle all prosthetics and work for personnel stationed at the Clearfield Naval Depot The heavy work-loa- d cases are sentprosthetic to Central Dental Clinic at the Presidio of San Francisco. There are" five such clinics located In the U. S., and one at Presidio serves Hill "e Field's clinic. X-r- man-hou- - (7 . Echoing the recent tn' nurses who are ss ately needed in the array cent letter received by j Lieutenant' Kenneth Cut sistant chief of Branch Sc ply division from Lt. Arlfci serving somewhere in tht I pines. ' "We arrived here about and by 7 p. m. seven of t on night duty and wort: , 10,000 , J - ' ay 7:30 YOU LINE UP AND TAKE YOUR TURN . .v Ik fUlhig eat ef appointments, WAC Pvt. Myrtle Fees keeps the books and your turn in line straight Shown In above picture, left to right, Pvt Fess in the window making appointments for AMM1C R. 8. Jay, from Clearfield Naval Depot and Corporals L. E. Lynn and N. n, A. both of Hill Field. Col-bar- rs 'SS'V I' ' y :y t -- a.'.w.y :"w Sr, V , k, n ' '- - ifi-J2I-IEC.,,Ni,A- ' ', fx v Si"',',' New Division '' 'iyjy Develop' More y :yy,yczt. Nl- " A, A Vehicles Involved in 32 nn TnZr,l in xTuuiiupu ds e-- rr-r t ) r. " yy- - y-y' Combat experience with gliders has resulted in the development of -- yyy-r'siJ --v two new "sky freighters." the XCG-10and- - the XCG-1VAt wrk Man. by the Air Technical Service Command. hu and Crowns, bridges Both are approximately half again W "-I- d. p,"t,c' VFSSZSJ? Heavy as large as the CG-4at San Francisco -the largest J?'" AAF glider now in combat and Shewn, left te right: Cat Glen Nelson, Captata Herbert ReeeTaad 8 gt Glea Jaeees, meet requirements for delivering heavier and bulkier battle equip ment by air. The XCG-10- A will carry six tons of aerial i freight approximately four times that of the CO-4wfciJe the XCO-1- 6 hauls a --pay 1 load" of five tons. Both gliders .1 STU ouk-iTion- in make an extreme departure from Mwmal cargo ldcr design wKh their only similarity being For the first aiamonth of lM4,ta peak of" 40 la pur cent while Rome pose, laminated plywood construe S3 per cent of accidents to civilian ATSC holds per tlon and utilisation for the first the lowest number OATSC Involved ve- with 17 per cent woe vtcycie lanon gear with personnelit at was learned this week hicles, Although progress has been made from headquarters. In Ogden air technical service comTwo-thirof all vehicle acci- mand in accident Leave Cigarette fan Parson prevention, lt Is net clearing the ficSJ are to dents Involve fork lifts, trucks and necessary that constant vigilance usury and caretta ration tues and special attention to safe and be cards at tae on the emphasis placed operation of this equipment Is rec- control of motor vehicle accidents. mimmttin Drv Ctaatstaat?A wCl be returned to tvfcSual ua ommended by safety engineers Unsafe motor vehicle operation lfta individual cooconsJ has his here. can result In excessive da mart to PIKX slip. This to dry Vehicle accidents at llUmi i "Ipmfh. and personnel, CoL Paul cleaning left at the K IL deeners. technical service conunand are at wolf, commanding officer, said. 8, morC r ATSC Designs Two 'SLy Freighters' A the following Arndt wrote. 'The hospital only stsr" ing patients yesterday ner doctors were really glaa coming even though C? . even have a space clearsi tents. We were really t4 this morning, but glad " been able to help. "When the patients, star ing in, the ward tents wtr I put up. The patientt out in the rain until the t put up. We had very s work with last nightsee "It is hard to wounded and dying, butk that is what we have Ayr expect in this war. of d are not allowed outeven I area. We are rot walk about the area very the jungles are still C and you never know may find." - of A new AAF lor division, responsible more ooment of sound w military personnel, of I office the in recently da quarters, Washington, Curriculum of the aej includes orientation recreation, motiooT-Ic- e, change, Armybandi sndt military similtf sirnU design and will The program Jt, through four branches tion and education, Ice eaUaneous. totlaajm r: prorram throughout echelons will insure ir of operacrv feetlvene-- s ulation stated. l-8- outiio 0, . mm- Tarkey Dinner at VZ0, Christmas turkeyC be served frornTwenty--VZ- O Df at the Ofden club All miliury parser vlted to partake of the club rooms, foins:. ed wl vj-serv- by Junior |