""WHISTLE STOP"" DENTIST

The video discusses the challenges of living in remote areas, particularly when dental care is needed. It introduces a mobile dental service in Canada, operated by Dr. Edmund Guest, who travels along a 1500-mile railroad in northern Ontario to provide dental care to over 25,000 children. Dr. Guest, along with his wife, lives in a small but cozy space on the mobile surgery, equipped with first-class tools. After each visit, he calls the railway to be transported to the next location, making his practice one of the most extensive in the world.

What is one of the main challenges faced by people living in remote backwoods areas?

• Lack of internet access

• Difficulty in accessing dental care

• Scarcity of food supplies

• Limited educational facilities

What significant change did Dr. Edmund Guest make in his career?

• He transitioned from a prosperous practice to a mobile surgery

• He started a new hospital in Toronto

• He became a professor at a dental school

• He moved to a different country

Who assists Dr. Guest in his mobile dental practice?

• A team of nurses

• Local volunteers

• His wife

• A group of dental students

How do Dr. and Mrs. Guest manage to move their mobile dental unit to different locations?

• By driving it themselves

• By using a helicopter

• By calling the railway to attach it to a passing train

• By hiring a transport company

What is notable about the dental practice operated by Dr. Guest?

• It is the most technologically advanced

• It is the first of its kind in Canada

• It is the most extensive mobile dental practice in the world

• It is the largest in the city