Public Dental Clinics: The 1930's is Today

The Main Street Depression that continues to ravage America invites comparisons between today's economy, and that during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Consider the photographs that follow. The first depicts a public dental clinic that treated school children by the busload in Rochester, NY during the Great Depression. The second is a photograph of a typical public dental clinic operating in America today.

Public Dental Clinic in America during the 1930's...

Public Dental Clinic in America Today...

Of course, the quality of dental care has improved dramatically since the 1930's. However, the delivery of clinical dental care to those in need seems to have changed little, or so it appears...