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Show SHORTAGE Or DENTISTS FOUND Only Solution Is Declared Use of Preventive Measures. CHICAGO, Jan. 19 Prsyeritlye b :i-tistry :i-tistry and mouth hygiene were the un-I un-I deriving themes Of the fifty-eighth annual meeting and clinic of the N 1-tional 1-tional Dental association which open- ' ed here today. Leaders In tlie profession declared t'iat there now are only 4.1.000 qualified quali-fied dentist in America and that this number Is not largo enough to care for the needs of the population There- , fore, they assert, tho only solution of the dentistry problem of the country I lies in the perfecting of preventive laea-ui 1 I'ict in Its relation to health and I particularly to the teeth was one of the main topics Up for dlsCUSSion, together to-gether with the continued use of the tooth brush along scientific lines. I Establishment of clinics In public . schools win-re students can be trained in the care of their teeth was another -object which occupied an important pOSttrOn on the program. fourteen fiost -graduate clinics with experts in charge w ill bo held during the convention. Tonight banduet will j be tendered tp Dr. John 1. juu-kley of Los Angeles, formerly of Chicago, ' president -elect of the National Hental IS Delation. nn - |