First year Dental Therapy students carving wax teeth in a Dental Anatomy class

Maker
Dental Therapy School, Department of Health Victoria (estab. 1976, closed 1995)
Date
1976
Description
Rosyln Atkins , Lorraine Hughes and Joanne Boyd.

Wax carvings of teeth were used to teach dental dexterity and anatomical study in Dental Therapy, the class was held in the art room on the second floor of the Dental Therapy School. The Diploma of Applied Science (Dental Therapy), completed over a two year period, with a main theme of Preventive Dentistry.

The Dental Therapy School building located at 448 St Kilda Road Melbourne was opened in 1976. Under the auspice of the Victorian Department of Health, the ground floor housed the Department of Human Services.
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Object detail

Date
1976
Medium
photograph
Measurements
8.8 x 12.8 cm
Accession Number
HFA3976
Object Type
photographic medium/photograph/black & white
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category

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