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Beaver Island Dental Office polls residents about visiting orthodontic care, 1986

Also 1986 Beaver Island orthodontics poll · Beaver Island orthodontic-care notice

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TypeEvent
Dates1986-02 – 1986-03-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1986-02 – 1986-03-01
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Medical Center
Eras
Modern era
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healthcarecommunitytransportationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Dental Office asked residents to indicate interest in a visiting orthodontic program. The proposed arrangement would bring a specialist to the island for monthly adjustments and reduce mainland travel.

Evidence limits

This is a service poll and proposal, not evidence of a specialist’s visit, patient enrollment, treatment, licensing, or clinical outcomes.

Sources

  1. Asks island residents to contact the Dental Office by March 1 if interested in orthodontic care, with the goal of arranging a visiting specialist for monthly adjustments and reducing mainland travel. It is a demand poll and proposed service arrangement, not evidence of a visiting specialist, enrollment, treatment, or clinical outcome. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the orthodontic-care poll.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Dental Office polls residents about visiting orthodontic care, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-orthodontic-care-poll-1986/, accessed [date], citing Orthodontics Anyone?, Beaver Beacon, February 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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