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