WRAAF hygienist, No 3 RAAF Dental Section. RAAF PR title "Teeth are her business"

Accession Number F02754
Collection type Film
Measurement 1 min 47 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 16mm/b&w/silent
Date made 19 June 1969
Access Open
Conflict Period 1960-1969
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

WRAAF Corporal Jacueline Eyre of Bamera, South Australia at work in the dental section of No. 3 RAAF Hospital Richmond, NSW Corporal Eyre, a former dental assistant, is one of the RAAF's five dental hygienists whose duties include exposing and processing X-Ray film, removal of scale and stains from teeth, application of agents to teeth to reduce decay etc. - work formerly performed by dentists. The patient is Sergeant Robert Hodgson.

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