Story: Dental care
At the Dominion Training School in Willis Street, Wellington, large numbers of schoolchildren received dental care from trainee dental nurses. Forty-nine children at a time were seated in dentists' chairs in the vast clinic, each serviced by a trainee nurse. In the waiting room children were supplied with books, toys and magazines to keep them busy until the dental nurse assigned to them was free. This Weekly Review film was made to mark the extension of the school dental service at the end of 1945, and highlights the quality of training received by dental nurses.
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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: Weekly Review 218. National Film Unit, 1945
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