Gray F S S
BDA Dental Museum.
Br Dent J. 2017 Jun 9;222(11):893-897. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.503.
At the outbreak of the First World War there was insufficient dental provision for serving military personnel. No army dental specialists were available overseas when the troops joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). However, the pain of toothache together with the ensuing limited mastication was debilitating and demoralising for the British soldiers. The result was that men were being withdrawn from the front for treatment at base hospitals. This was limited to extractions by medical officers, which frequently incurred unnecessary loss of dentition when restorative work would have been preferable. Other consequences of dental neglect were indigestion and malnutrition. Additionally, the painful condition of acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis, then commonly referred to as 'trench mouth', was prevalent.
第一次世界大战爆发时，为现役军人提供的牙科服务不足。部队加入英国远征军（BEF）时，海外没有军队牙科专家。然而，牙痛带来的痛苦以及随之而来的有限咀嚼能力，让英国士兵身心俱疲、士气低落。结果是，士兵们从前线撤下来，到后方医院接受治疗。这仅限于由军医进行拔牙，而在本可进行修复工作的情况下，这种做法常常导致不必要的牙列缺失。忽视牙齿问题的其他后果是消化不良和营养不良。此外，急性坏死性溃疡性龈炎这种疼痛病症当时普遍存在，当时通常被称为“战壕口炎”。
