Published: Tuesday, 6th December, 2005 15:08
Moira puts her feet up after 26 years
By Border Telegraph Newsroom
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AFTER 26 years as community dentist, Moira Land has pulled her last tooth.
And last week, presentations were made to Moira by the chairman of NHS Borders, Tony Taylor, at a ceremony in Hawick Community Hospital.
Moira qualified as a dentist at the University of Edinburgh in 1968 and began her dental career in the city, after which she worked for the school dental service in Lothian, which covered Peebles, where she resided.
After 1974, Moira took a career break to raise a family, although undertaking some part-time work at the same time.
Her work with Borders Health Board began in 1979 and continued through the Community and Primary Care Trust until her retrial.
Moira gained a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Glasgow in 1995 and also undertook additional work as a tutor in dental anatomy in Edinburgh and a researcher in forensic odontology.
Her particular interest was the promotion of oral health and she was an examiner for the School Health Board’s dental epidemiology programme and its successor, the National Dental Inspection Programme.
Away from dental duties, Moira is a wild flower enthusiast and is interested in wild birds and nature, and she has just been made an elder at Oxnam Church.
Mr Taylor paid tribute to her career. “Her enthusiasm for community dentistry has never waned and her contribution has been greatly appreciated and valued,” he said.
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