Dental Facilities

[Mangoman]

I am researching the military career of a man who received a gunshot wound to the mouth which resulted in him losing four teeth, five being chipped and one with a cavity. Where would he  the necessary dental procedures been carried out - at a CCS or a Base Hospital? There is nothing to indicate where in the evacuation process this was done apart from him being sent to a Convalescent Depot in Boulogne.

[Ron Clifton]

According to the orders of battle, the first Mobile Dental Unit appeared in First Army in September 1917, and by January 1918 each Army had one. As both these units and CCSs were controlled at Army level, it is not impossible that in 1918 dental casualties stayed at a CCS until the dental unit next came round to visit. Earlier, I suspect they would have been sent to a General Hospital on the coast, or possibly a Stationary Hospital inland, which had specialist dentists on its staff.

 

Sending him to convalesce at Boulogne rather suggests that he was treated at one of the General Hospitals there.

 

Ron

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The Official Medical history has a lot of info on the dental services - when did the injury occur ?
 

Craig

 

 

[Mangoman]

The incident occurred during April 1917

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By that point there were certainly dentists at the CCS (it appears that some CCS were designated for dental use) and there were specialist dental centres established at Arques. There were also dental units established at base depots and hospitals so there's a range of places the work could have been carried out, depending on the workload at the time - the fact he was in a depot in Boulogne would suggest to me that he had been treated in that area.

Craig

[Mangoman]

Here is the information I have on William Hendy who was in the 29th Btn, Canadian Infantry. Am not sure if this throws any more light on my query?

 

William was next admitted to No. 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne on 11^th April 1917 and then transferred to No. 10 Convalescent Depot, Ecault, south of Boulogne on 26th April. He was then sent to No. 3 Rest Camp on the 27^th May and, having been discharged, reported to the 2^nd Canadian Infantry Base Depot on 7^th June, returning to the 29^th Battalion in front line service on 27^th August.

Edited 24 June , 2017 by Mangoman