Show 4 4 41 1414 F selective service items item s of interest treatment ot of registrants with dental detects defects treatment of approximately registrants having den tat defects which now preclude their military training will inaugurate the Relec selective tive service systems program of oe rehabilitation ot of men with remediable physical deficiencies li lf comar C n R wells chief dental officer of the selective service system has announced addressing the convention ot the american dental association at luncheon in houston texas recently commander wells gave the first intimation that the selective service system would begin treatment of dentally defective registrants as its first step to carry cairy out president Roosevel ts recent request lor for the rehabilitation of approximately registrants having remediable physical defects the program will be carried out by the selective service system tem through its local boards which will authorize treatment of dentally defective registrants by dentists in their heir own communities muni ties cost of treatment Is to be borne by the federal government commander wells was preceded by lt col richard 11 eanes banea ot of tho the selective service medical division who after outlining the tha history of compulsory military training emphasized the nece necessity of rehabilitating registrants with physical detects defects to add to this nations supply of manpower for military purposes Corn commander mandeT wells outlining the plan to rehabilitate men with remediable dental detects defects said it is estimated that approximately registrants rejected tor for dental defects can be made available for military service by the correction of these detects defects this work will consist largely of fillings eradication ot of focal bocal infection treatment ot of oral sepsis and the replacement ot of missing teeth those to be rehabilitated are young men lie between tween the ages ot of 21 and 28 years aney will be called before the local boards for an examination and the gross dental detects defects recorded to determine it there are any cases that would obviously not be accepted for military service all remain remaining registrants including those in doubtful status will be sent to an army ami examination station where a thorough dental examination will be made on all cases cabes not accepted without qualification the army aim dental surgeons will stats state definitely if they can bo be remedied lemed led and made fit for general military ser sen itce ice those found to be reine leme diable will return to the local boards which will authorize the treatment and refer them to dentists in their own community tho the cost of the treatment will be borne by the federal government thus the civilian practitioners will ill rehabilitate tha men in their communities the program be under the direction of oc selective servio enlo i through gli tile the local board ine members libers and the physicians and dentists assigned to the local boards colonel eanes in his talk raid eald that insofar as the program tor for rehabilitation of registrants who have other physical detects defects Is concerned plans are not completed however he stated that the se sen rices ices of the local physicians will be utilized and it Is IA planned to first give treatment to those registrants who can be rehabilitated quickly and with a minimum of professional care |