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Dental survey of 620 Soviet immigrants

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      Six hundred twenty immigrants from the USSR were examined to determine the quality of dental care they had received. Much of their previous treatment did not meet current American standards.
      Six hundred twenty recently arrived Soviet immigrants were examined at the Northern Dispensary. There was a need for extensive dental treatment among these persons and much of their previous treatment did not meet currently accepted American standards.
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