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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 197

BRITISH HONDURAS.

(BRITISH COLONY.)
Area, 7,562 square miles. Population, 27,452.
Capital, Belize; population, 6,000 to 7,000.
For the following information we owe thanks to C. W. Bryant,
M. D., D. D. S., of Belize.
"There is no law in British Honduras regulating the practice
of dentistry; no examination is required; no school or society
exists. In Belize, with a population of 6,000 to 7,000, of which
only 4 per cent, are white people, there are three dentists prac-
ticing."
The Doctor further says: " One dentist could do all the work
and not be busy more than nine months out of twelve, because
the colored people have good teeth, and for the most part are
poor and can not afford to pay for the dentist's services. The
worst with them is extraction, and it will be years before the
people of Central America will require many dentists. The mode
of living of the people is such that their teeth are better than the
Americans' and Europeans', and the people are not educated to
have their dental organs operated on, and do not know the bene-
fits of attending to their teeth."

COSTA RICA.

(republic.)
Area, 23,233 square miles. Population, 213,785.
Capital, San Jose; population, 25,000.
According to a consular authority, there exists no law in
Costa Rica relating to the practice of dentistry. A few dentists
(the exact number not ascertained) practice in this republic.