11 Oct 2024

The school dental nurse with 50 years of service

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 11 October 2024

If you're over 50 you might have some mixed memories of visits to the school dental nurse. Glenda Young was just six when she told her mother she wanted to be a 'kind' dental nurse.

Glenda has celebrated 50 years in the profession and joins Jesse to mark it. 

Removing dental tartar. (Photo by MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LI / SMD / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LI

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