title: Dentistry in New Zealand from the pioneer era to the present.
abstract: As a final year undergraduate dental student at the University of Manchester, I visited the school of dentistry at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand (South Island) for the month of July, 1991 to do research for my non-clinical elective. This article is a description of some of the history of dentistry, dental education and the local way of life I glimpsed during this visit.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fyfe
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental; D006665:History of Dentistry; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011114:Polynesia / Q000208:ethnology; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000266:history*; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000266:history