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  BRIGHTER SMILES AT MAYPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Duval County dental trailer came to the oral rescue of residents during the 1940s.  Does anyone recognize this Mayport school?  On July 15, 1947, the trailer parked here, drawing the locals for examinations and treatment.  It must've been a tight fit within.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for the photo below, this gap-toothed munchkin is certainly a cutie!  Here's little Nora Hartigan, getting examined by Dr. Turner in the trailer.  The dentist and his wife, Eloyse, lived at 3670 Hershel Street in Avondale.  His Jax office served the public at 1805 Main Street, near the Klutho Apartments in Springfield.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No doubt the dental trailer caused frowns on some kids when they heard it was coming.  In the long run, nevertheless, it probably resulted in much more luminous smiles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Source of images: Florida Photographic Collection, Florida State Archives)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The dental trailer may've been affiliated with the State Board of Health, which established a Bureau of Dental Health in 1936, during the Great Depression.  The Bureau effected improvements in health education, dental examinations, and treatment services by county health departments throughout Florida.  A couple of years after these photos were snapped, moreover, the Bureau proved instrumental in starting the fluoridation of the state's water supplies.  It didn't anticipate, though, the widespread controversy that the procedure would generate.

 

 

 

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