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[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

As an aside, and another example of bygone things that made life better back then, every kid in every NYS school received an annual cleaning and exam, along with fluoride treatments. All schools had a dental chair in the nurse's office. (I remember having a solution swabbed onto my teeth. It came from a bottle with the skull and crossbones on its label.)

I don't recall that in school, but I got it in Staging Battalion before shipping out to WesPac Ground Forces. "Rinse for a minute then spit out. Don't swallow - It's poison!". We were told that dental care was non-existent where we were going...