Dear Parent/Caregiver Year 8 Students Free Dental Care for Students Teenagers leaving the Community Oral Health Service at Year 8 continue to receive FREE basic dental care from their chosen dental care provider until the age of 18 years. To ensure this happens you need to: 1 Choose a dental care provider from the list below. 2 Complete the enclosed Transfer to Adolescent Oral Health Service letter 3 Return this to your current Dental Therapist/Oral Health Therapist before the end of the school year to ensure that your teenager is transferred Dental care providers - Whanganui region DENTISTS Dr Vasu Atluri Dr Karuna Atluri Dentist on Glasgow 134 Glasgow St Whanganui 06 345 0351 Dr Han Wei Yeang Dr Taryn Yew Dr Graham Swanepoel Dr Dentalcare NZ Ltd 161 Wicksteed St Whanganui 06 345 7979 Dr Jakobus Venter Dr Adam Durning Dr Mark Huang Dr Tony Lin The Dentists 163 Wicksteed St Whanganui 06 345 3030 Dr Jamie Searle Dr Sue Cheah Dr Hadleigh Reid Dr Adrian Liao Victoria Dental 1a Rutland Street Whanganui 06 345 3222 Dr Sid Patel Dr Joo Kim Dr Suresh Rajapakse Dr Vasu Atluri Bulls Dental 13 Criterion St Bulls 06 345 0351 Dr Taryn Yew Dr Louis Hazelhurst Dentalcare NZ Ltd 371 Wellington Rd Marton 06 327 7787 DENTAL THERAPISTS/ORAL HEALTH THERAPISTS (some treatments may require referral to a dentist) Alison Moss Victoria Dental 1a Rutland Street Whanganui 06 345 3222 Bridget O’Neill Kelly Jones Dentalcare NZ Ltd 161 Wicksteed St Whanganui 06 345 7979 Whanganui District Health Onsite Mobile Unit at: Board Whanganui Girls’ College Whanganui High School Whanganui City College Whanganui Collegiate 0800 TALK TEETH Cullinane College Tupoho,Kokohuia, Te Atihaunui (0800 825 583) Also dental clinics close to: Rangitikei College Ruapehu College St Dominic’s College Taihape Area School SDH16 (Updated Feb 2019) .