Droocoo Posted 17 May , 2018 Share Posted 17 May , 2018 Hi all, As as a final year medical student, the casualties of war are of great interest to me, especially the nuances of their wounds and treatment. Sapper 318 Thomas Webb of the 1st Australian Mining Corp (you may have seen my post regarding his postcard previously) was gassed on the 13/3/18 whilst fighting in France. He was examined medically on the 8/6/1919 before his discharge. I was wondering what his dental chart below meant and how to interpret one? Furthermore, I have attempted to establish the effects of mustard gas on oral health using a study taken from the Iran-Iraq war which concluded that it does not: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4483322/ The main aim of this exercise is to determine what effect gas had on Thomas's dentition (if any) Kindest Regards, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 17 May , 2018 Share Posted 17 May , 2018 It looks like his upper teeth have been removed along with 2 molars on the bottom with no sign of decay on the remaining teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droocoo Posted 17 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 May , 2018 Diane, Thank you very much I suspected that's what the marks meant, although it seems as though it was a terrible ordeal for Thomas! I suppose that this is consistent with the fact that he was classed dentally "unfit" Kindest Regards, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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