From Innovative to Outdated? New Zealand's School Dental Service 1921-1989

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From Innovative to Outdated? New Zealand's School Dental Service 1921-1989

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Concern about children’s oral health, and its overall effects on general health and national efficiency, had been an issue for at least two decades prior to the founding of the School Dental Service (SDS) in 1921. Prominent members of the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) first proposed the form the Service would eventually take. It was to be staffed by specially-trained dental nurses who would work in clinics built on school grounds. Much of the original success of the SDS can be attribu...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2015

Creator

Moffat, Susan

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5990

Related subjects

New Zealand School Dental Service / School Dental Service / Dental Nurse / School Dental Nurse / Dental Therapist / Dental Therapy

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