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Ontario kids give cavities the brushoff: survey Kids and cavities -- they always seem to go together. Most parents think you can't have one without the other. Not anymore. According to a 10-year survey conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Health, there has been a marked improvement in the dental health of Ontario. elementary school children. Results are based on thousands of dental examinations of kids aged five, seven, nine, 11, and 13 across the province carried out between 1972 and 1982. As part of the overall dental program carried out in Ontario's local health units, explorer. hygienists travel to northern elementary schools in their area to do dental check-ups of their students. The hygienist use a good light source, a mirror and a dental dental instrument known as an In remote Ontario, the Ministry of Health's mobile dental clinic coaches perform the same task. Their work has brought forth _some very encouraging news. Among five-year- of olds, the average number of teeth with cavities that required the average number was 2.30 in 1972; by 1982, it was only 0.88, There was also a marked treatment dropped from reduction in the high of 1.56 in 1972 toa mumber_ of _ teeth low of 0.80 in 1982. needing treatment Among nine-year-olds, among 13-year-olds. Sales & Service Directory Midland 526-2283 ROGER'S(==% Small Appliance' Tg Repair e Vacuum Cleaners ie @ Coffee Makers e Radios, etc. Berk eNo appliances too small! = 9 Don St., Penetanguishene 549-8365 : , Penetanguishene 549-2012 CARPENTRY General Renovations Jerome Quesnelle 83 Robert St. West Penetang, Ont. After 5 p.m., call 549-7133 Elmvale 322-1871 DON FLEMING CARPENTRY e Aluminum siding, etc. 322-2806 90T F e Houses, ® Cottages, Free Estimates Tippett Office Services For the finest ial Oa & Services eTypewriters e Calculators eCash registers e Time clocks Repairs to all makes and models regardless of age Phone: 549-3245 526-2727 9TF MURRAY FAGAN Roofing and Contracting eComplete renovations eViny! siding @Replacement windows eSoffits & Facia @Roofing, etc. For free estimates Phone 526-6642 TF DAVE KING Fencing Contractor Installation of Farm Fences and Horse Paddocks. Phone after 6 p.m. 322-3188 Since 1968 asTF Ken Laycock & Sons ROOFING ALL TYPES OF SHINGLING FREE ESTIMATES = FULL GUARANTEE 322-2149 R.R. 3, ELMVALE, ONT. 21TF BERNIE PILON CONSTRUCTION e@ Crushed Road & Cement Gravel e Sand & - Gravel Fille Mason Sand @Top-soil e@ Weeper Stone e Septic Systems © Backhoe @ Bulldozing e Radio Dispatched @ Phone Elmvale 322-1051. 32TF FIESTA TRAILER RENTALS Vacation Trailers for rent by the week prone 70s 34-3902 49 to 56 Joe Crittenden Roofing 526-4394 Midland Serving Simcoe County since 1975 Fully guaranteed 45TF Dr. D.W. Carr Optometrist 526-6050 372 King St., Midland Septic Tank Pumping Service Phone Jim Lalonde, Elmvale 322-3134 Moirdale Manor Retirement Home for Seniors 24 Hour Loving Care Bright Rooms Carol & Joe Moir Hillsdale 835-2952. Good Meals 45t052 ROOFING EAVESTROUGHING All work guaranteed 322-1429 322-3026 37TF Art's HAN DYMAN Service ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS for eHome eCottage eBusiness Designer Yard-Garden-Patio eF encing eGates ePergolas eLandscaping Gardening eWood signs, ete. Free estimates Ph 549 3650 &project layout . 21TF COMPLETE 1 SPRING & TRAILER SERVICE----~ for Trucks, Vans, Campers and Passenger Cars For FREE ESTIMATES Call Fred Hitchman 049-8036 47 to 54 Dwayne 4. Story CUSTOM WOODWORK * FURNITURE * KITCHEN CUPBOARDS + * WALL UNITS * CUSTOM RENOVATIONS MIDLAND, ONTARIO! 526-3249 Yourad could behere. Simply call Midland 526-2283 Penetang Elmvale 549-2012 322-1871 CANADA STUDENT PAINTERS @ Residential Cottage Exteriors @Commercial Industrial Painting @ Free Estimates %* Two-Year Guarantee 526-2124... NEED NEW WINDOWS? For FREE estimates on double or triple glazed windows : Call C.L. Davies Building Contractor 295 Manly St. 526-8857 JIM LALONDE Excavating and Landsceping Backhoe and Bulldozer Work Trucking. Sales Services Topsoil @ Septic Systems Manure Lots Cleared Sand Tree Removal Gravel Lawns Built Field Stone Driveways Built Clay Basements Dug, etc. Fill, etc. Phone - 322-3134 Free Estimates TINNEY'S SEPTIC SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION Septic Tanks Sand, Fill, Gravel Pumped and (Crushed or Pit-Run) Systems Installed Topsoil Excavating, Bulldozing, Grading BRUCE TINNEY Bus. 526-7269 MIKE TINNEY Res. 526-3069 Wednesday, June 29, 1983, Page 23