PREFACE

This book is certainly not intended to be the last word in community dental care. It is only a beginning. The author hopes to rewrite and improve the book with suggestions from readers.

Note on the use, adaptation, and translation of this book:

Each country is special, with its own particular customs, health needs, and ways of caring for people.

This book, therefore, must be adapted by dental workers in each country, using the language that is common to the local health workers there.

The author would be pleased to assist in any way with those who would translate or adapt the book.

The Hesperian Foundation encourages others to copy, reproduce or adapt to meet local needs, any or all parts of this book, including the illustrations, provided the parts reproduced are distributed free or at cost - not for profit.

Any organization or person who wishes to copy, reproduce or adapt, any or all parts of this book for commercial purposes, must first obtain permission to do so from the Hesperian Foundation.

Please contact the Hesperian Foundation before beginning any translation or adaptation to avoid duplication of efforts, and for suggestions about adapting the information in this book. The foundation would appreciate receiving a copy of any materials in which text or illustrations from this book have been used.

We would like to rewrite this book and incorporate many of your ideas. If you have a suggestion, please write to Murray Dickson at The Hesperian Foundation. Better yet, if you write your own manual, please set aside two copies and send one to the The Hesperian Foundation, P.O. Box 11577, Berkeley, California 94712-2577, USA. Send the other to AHRTAG (Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group), 29-35 Farringdon Road, London EC 1M 3JB, England. Both organizations would like to help pass along your ideas to others.