Ever since a free mobile dental clinic started five years ago in Wairoa, the quality of people's teeth has improved.
Yet, with limited days offered each year, there is still a huge need to be filled.
The Lumino Mobile Clinic, hosted by the Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust has been at capacity since it first came to town on January 14 and is expected to stay that way until it leaves at the end of this week.
Last year the team of volunteer dentists, led by Tony Dey, performed about $50,000 worth of care.
Dey said it had been another "successful trip" and hoped they were making a "small difference".