Camp Adair Sentry Friday. April 14, 1944. Page Five 3 POST DENTAL CLINICS KEEP YOUR TEETH Gl - ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ——.—- ----------- -------------- Boast Best Dentists, Finest of Equipment 'Operative Dentistry' on the Line at Dental Clinic 1 South Teeth are something in the Army that everybody has in common. And there is one thing that the Army has at splendidly designed to take care*--------------------------------- of teeth, and that is our Post dental n . **!• • clinics. There are no less than three Clinics with no less than 62 chairs to serve you. when the old molars show even the faintest. signs of ache or pain. Dental Clinics of the Post are I *4. under the direction of Col. Richard Equipment used and the person- B. Pool, Camp Dental Surgeon. who use >n thc dental work Two of the clinics are 24-chair clin- on GIs at Camp Adair are tops, ies—D-C-l South, where Capt. R. Thii' is revealed in* explanation A. Carson is Chief Clinician, and from the office of Col. Richard B. D-C-l North under Major F. C. fool, Camp Dental Surgeon, that Montgomery. D-C-2, under Capt. a11 S«nior Ritter equipment is in­ Adrian Wilson, is a 14-chair clinic. stalled at Camp Adair’s three clinics. It’s On Form 79 All the officer dentists are top­ Everything about your teeth in the Army is on your Form 79, and, notch men who were either general brother, it’s complete. Here's about practitioners or specialists in civil­ the way your dental life in the ian life. All assistants are care­ fully trained. In the prosthetic de­ Army goes: As men come in, a dental survey partment, especially, all assistants is made, after which there is a have undergone special school periodic re-check, and care is taken training. It is in prosthetics where that the dental survey does not bridge work, inlays and artificial interfere with the training pro- dentures are made, gram of a soldier. Yanks To The Yanks traction is made. You are first given a thorough After this is given due time to oral examination. If dental work .heal, you are taken to the Pros­ is needed, it proceeds immediate­ thetic department. Here you get ly. If you need a filling, jou are your GI denture; bridge, partial sent to what is known as the plate or whatever is necessary. If "operative room.” Now, sup­ I the extraction is severe enough, posing No. 14 molar, low el left, you are hospitalized and further has to be yanked out. you are work is done at the Station Hospi­ j taken to Surgery, and the ex- tal Clinic. 1 i ■ OSc LalmtCS r,ne»r Equipment BeSt DentlStS Star Chamber for Scon-to-be Dental Patients Siffnnl C wt * Photc THE FIRST THING you do on going to the Dental Clinic is sit down and wait. And u-ually. as this picture shows, the wait­ ing room is pretty well filled. Need a Little Filling in Your Tooth? AirnM Cnrjw» Phnt® THERE’S NOBODY TO PLAY a stand-in part for the lead role when you sit in the dentist's chair. You are it. and here are show*six of the 24 chairs installed and pretty usually occupied at D-C-l South, one of three clinics at this Post. — rTT--------------------------- ;---------- Applications for Gas To Be Made on Post This Is Called Oral Examination Ration Boards Will Not Handle Renewals The newly-formed Camp Adair i Plant Area Board has been created expressly for the purpose of pro­ cessing gasoline and tire rationing applications made by all military and civilian personnel stationed here. The office of the board is located in the Rail Transportation Office, opposite Post Headquarters. Ration boards in nearby towns will no longer handle applications of persons whose claims arc based on the fact that they are stationed or employed at Camp Adair. The Post board, which met for j the first time April 7, consists of | Lt. Col. Eugene I. Foster. Post Ex­ ecutive Officer; Capt. Gilliert A. ' Waite, Director of Personnel; , E. L. Cramblitt. Chief Civilian Per­ Sign al Corpa Photo sonnel; Lt. M. 8. Francis, 70th Div. WHILE ASSIST \NT. I’fc. Bill Terri», jot. down the answers on Form 79. Capt. R. A. Caron calls off the tooth situation. As Ass’t Judge Advocate; Capt. Welby soup as the patient is logged, the necessary dental work proceeds. E.. Abrams, Station Hospital Reg­ istrar; and Capt. George W. Scott, or stay at this post. Post Transportation Officer. 'Morale Work' Done On Any person desiring a ride may Foi convenience hospital person­ Teeth of Many GIs by register at the Rail Transportation nel may obtain their applications Office and any driver who has va ­ from Capt. Abrams; 70th Division Post Clinic Dentists personnel may get theirs at the of­ cancies for passengers sbhuld nt- fice of Lt. Francis; the Post Engi­ inter su<-J> vacancies at the Rail Bad teeth can still be your un­ neer office has a supply for its em­ Transportation Office. doing and bad-looking teeth are ployees; and. of course, at tile Rail bad socially, so, whenever possible, Tiansportation Office. the dentists of Camp Adair try to Must Carry Full Load Final taix on inteinnrent condi- see that your touth situation is well Capt. Scott is most emphatic in hand. in declaring that every car must , tions under Jap rule will be given In many cases, though a soldier I by Rev. H. A. Park, Gripsholm re ­ cacry a full passenger load in order that the application might patriate, Sunday night, 1945, at the lacks a couple of teeth due to caus­ (Evangelistic Christian Center for es beyond his control or otherwise, be favorably considered. All renewals must be accompan­ service men, Third and Adams, Cor­ he can chew just as well. There­ ied by the cover to tire last Supple­ vallis. Service men and their wives fore, to all intents and pui poses mental Ration issued and all appli­ 'are welcomed at the Center, open he’s still a good soldier and the Ar­ > my wouldn't have to do anything cations both SUPPLEMENTAL 1300 daily. about it. The Dental Clinic, how­ AND RENEWALS must lie accom­ ever, goes ahead and does a great panied by the Tire Inspection Or Tickling—Ritchie Row Houston, Tex. (CNS)—There is .leal of bridge work and makes spe­ All Supplemental Ration« mint a city ordinance here which pro- cial dentures for soldiers just for be turned in at the Rail Tranapor-' hibita eitiaen» from looking at a what they call "morale purpose».” tattoo Office—either ”B” or “C”— I girt in a manner described as “mak- Hug the it round and live lunger. upon tenuinatipn of employment ing goo-goo eyes.” Gripsholm Story Skilled Technicians Only in Prosthetic Department I’iUliiTHETKS—which invai««* the highly and dentures. finds upiy lruinad technician* per- tar, ladknidaa Grace Chandler in ihr prares* of r»«é Beri RaUihart. 27$4h M