Show selective service items of interest treatment of approximately registrants having dental defects which now preclude their military training will inaugurate the Sc selective lectie service systems systems program ot rehabilitation of men with remediable physical deficiencies lt comar C 0 11 II wells wellis chief dental officer of the selective service system announce anno announced unc ed this week I 1 addressing the convention ot of the american dental association at luncheon in houston texas commander wells gave eara the first intimation that the selective service system would begin treatment of dentally defective registrants as its first stop step to carry out president Roosevel ts recent request for the rehabilitation ot of approximately registrants having remediable physical defects the program will be carded out by the selective service system through it local boards which will authorize treatment of dentally defective registrants by dent dentists late in their own communities cost ot of treatment to Is tobe to be borne by the federal government Comman commander dbr wells was pro preceded ceded by lt col richard its hi eanes of the selective service medical division who after outlining the history of compulsory military training the necessity of rehabilitating registrants with physical defects tt to add to this nations supply of manpower for military purposes commander wells outlining the plan to rehabilitate men with remediable dental defects said eald it ts Is estimated that approximately registrants rejected for dental defects can be mado made available tor for military service by the corree correction tion of therode facts this work will consist largely of fillings eradication of focal infection treatment of oral aegis and the replacement of missing teeth those to be rehabilitated are young men between the ages of 0 21 and 28 years they will be called before the local boards for in an examination and the gross grose detects defects recorded to determine lehere are any cases that would obviously accepted for military service all remaining registrants including those in doubtful status will be sent to an army examination elation where a thorough dental examination will be made on all cases cases not accepted without qualification the army dental surgeons will state definitely tt it they can be remedied and made fit for general military service those found to be remediable will to the local board which will autel authorize ortre the treatment and refer thorn them to dentists in their own community the cost coat of the treatment will be borne by the federal government thus the civilian practitioners will rehabilitate the men in their communities the program will be under the direction of the selective service through the local board members and the physicians and dentists assigned to the local boards |