A course for U.S. Naval dental officers A course for U.S. Naval dental officers

Alternate Title(s): Naval dental corps Contributor(s): Naval Medical School (U.S.). Motion Picture Laboratory, film producer. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, issuing body. Publication: [Bethesda, MD] : [Bureau of Navy Medicine], [1942] Language(s): English Format: Moving image Subject(s): Military Dentistry -- education Dentists Military Personnel -- education Education, Dental Naval Medicine United States United States. Navy. Dental Corps Genre(s): Documentaries and Factual Films Access: Resource cannot be viewed online. Viewing copy available on-site only. Abstract: This film was produced to show the training and duties of dental officers in the U.S. Navy. A map indicates the various locations of major naval installations such as San Diego and Norfolk, and Navy dentists are shown at work providing oral care to men of all ranks. Dentists are also shown in a classroom setting and meeting with other officers. Procedures such as sterilization of equipment are shown, as well as the construction of crowns and bridgework.The film demonstrates that care can go beyond dental treatment to overall physical assessment, since oral health can affect other aspects of health and physical functioning. The dental officers unload cargo, transport men on stretchers, and practice shooting skills. This film appears to have had a soundtrack originally, but there is no sound in this version. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 022 min. Color: Color Provenance: Transfer; Michael Rhode, Bureau of Navy Medicine ; 20140723; Acc# 2014-08. Technique: Live action NLM Unique ID: 101724384 (See catalog record) OCLC no.: 1057367077 Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101724384