item details
NamePoster, 'Clean your teeth for dental health'
ProductionDepartment of Health; publisher; 1950s; New Zealand
Classificationposters
Materialspaper, printing ink
Materials SummaryPhotolithograph on paper
Techniquesphotomechanical processes, photolithography
DimensionsOverall: 380mm (width), 507mm (height)
Registration NumberGH017661
Credit linePurchased 2013
Overview
This poster promoted dental hauora/health to Maori children in the 1950s. Brushing teeth was depicted as one of the ways to build healthy teeth (along with eating fruit and vegetables, and visiting a school dental clinic).
The New Zealand government provided a free School Dental Service for children's dental health care for most of the 20th century. This poster would have been seen in such a clinic.