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Mobile dental clinic

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Mobile dental clinic

Mobile dental clinics served some rural areas in the mid-20th century. This dental nurse welcomes a rather reluctant young patient on board at Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, in 1949.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection

Reference: 1/2-033761; F/A11,617

by William Wilson

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Nancy Swarbrick, Rural services – Health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18572/mobile-dental-clinic (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.