The Maori Health providers gave the most honest response. They knew they would be no help. They did not answer the phone. The rest said:
“Ring around for a dentist”.
After failing with every school dental clinic she tried her own dentist. Her dentist said she would like to help but there is a government regulation banning dentists in private practice from treating children.
She rang back the healthline. ‘What do we do for his pain?”
