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Beaver Island dentist offers free children’s dental care, 1989

Also 1989 Beaver Island children’s dental health event · Jeffery Porter free dental care

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TypeEvent
Date1989-02-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1989-02-14
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarepublic-servicecommunityfamilycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Dr. Jeffery Porter provided free children’s dental care on February 14, 1989; the newspaper reports seven children receiving services.

Evidence limits

This is a period event report, not a clinical record, treatment outcome, or current dental-health recommendation.

Sources

  1. Reports Dr. Jeffery Porter’s free February 14 dental care for children ages 2–12 and seven of eleven registered children receiving exams, cleaning, fillings, and x-rays. 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 · 1989-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island dentist offers free children’s dental care, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-free-childrens-dental-care-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Dentist with a Heart,” Beaver Beacon, February 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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