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Barbershop' dentistry: There are always six chairs going in this Oakville dental office, and Dr. Mac Balfour, at far right, finds it makes patients le(...)
Barbershop' dentistry: There are always six chairs going in this Oakville dental office, and Dr. Mac Balfour, at far right, finds it makes patients le(...)

Barbershop' dentistry: There are always six chairs going in this Oakville dental office, and Dr. Mac Balfour, at far right, finds it makes patients le(...)

Date12/3/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Barbershop' dentistry: There are always six chairs going in this Oakville dental office; and Dr. Mac Balfour; at far right; finds it makes patients less fearful; especially children. Maybe misery loves company. Studies have shown that fear is the third largest reason behind people avoiding check-ups with the dentist.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005401F
Kathy Paton is Dr. Teitler's patient here. There are five dental chairs in the office which is an open and cheerful room as much like a living-room as possible
Kathy Paton is Dr. Teitler's patient here. There are five dental chairs in the office which is an open and cheerful room as much like a living-room as possible
1/31/1974
Open wide! Dentistry and equipment weren't quite so sophisticated back in 1913, but the basics were the same and the familiar drinking glass and basin(...)
Open wide! Dentistry and equipment weren't quite so sophisticated back in 1913, but the basics were the same and the familiar drinking glass and basin(...)
6/16/1981
Getting inside a smile. While Maria Tarka, a 4th year dentistry student at the University of Toronto, practises on a dummy's bicuspids, dentists and d(...)
Getting inside a smile. While Maria Tarka, a 4th year dentistry student at the University of Toronto, practises on a dummy's bicuspids, dentists and d(...)
3/22/1990
Colorized photograph of a three story collegiate building,
Ontario Dental College, Toronto, Can.
Approximately 1940
Open wide: Patient Larry Stevens enjoys a virtual reality video while Dr. Ron Weintraub does some work on his teeth
Open wide: Patient Larry Stevens enjoys a virtual reality video while Dr. Ron Weintraub does some work on his teeth
7/2/1994
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
2/7/1942
Grin and bare it: Laser technicians Andrea Radman, left, and Angela Liolios give patient Josie Buzzanca a whiter smile
Grin and bare it: Laser technicians Andrea Radman, left, and Angela Liolios give patient Josie Buzzanca a whiter smile
7/30/1998
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
4/16/1987
Fifty-three years of almost ouch-less dentistry has been enough for Dr. John Stephens Wilkinson, 72. Here he treats one of the last of his patients, Bob McLaughlin
Fifty-three years of almost ouch-less dentistry has been enough for Dr. John Stephens Wilkinson, 72. Here he treats one of the last of his patients, Bob McLaughlin
12/18/1977
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
1/16/1973
New approach: Dr. Howie Rocket says many of the patients he attracts to his department store dental clinic in Mississauga are just people walking thro(...)
New approach: Dr. Howie Rocket says many of the patients he attracts to his department store dental clinic in Mississauga are just people walking thro(...)
8/5/1980
John Cocker, with his magazines, says he always enjoyed making people laugh, especially my patients. The 58-year-old doctor also provides guffaws as an after-dinner speaker.
John Cocker, with his magazines, says he always enjoyed making people laugh, especially my patients. The 58-year-old doctor also provides guffaws as an after-dinner speaker.
9/4/1992