▁office ▁in ▁Mason . ▁ ▁Three ▁years ▁of ▁her ▁dent al ▁career ▁were ▁spent ▁in ▁Arizona , ▁where ▁her ▁patients ▁included ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁Hop i ▁and ▁N ava jo ▁populations . ▁ ▁To ▁accommod ate ▁patients ▁who ▁could ▁not ▁travel ▁to ▁her ▁practice ▁in ▁W ins low , ▁Arizona , ▁she ▁hook ed ▁her ▁equipment ▁to ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁her ▁Model ▁T ▁autom obile ▁and ▁held ▁mobile ▁dent al ▁clin ics ▁around ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁For ▁fifteen ▁years , ▁Me use bach – Z esch ▁pract iced ▁in ▁the ▁Territ ory ▁of ▁Al aska , ▁with ▁offices ▁at ▁varying ▁times ▁in ▁Cord ova , ▁N ome ▁and ▁An ch orage . ▁To ▁serve ▁remote ▁In uit ▁villages , ▁she ▁tra ve led ▁by ▁air plane ▁to ▁islands ▁in ▁the ▁Ber ing ▁Sea . ▁She ▁surv ived ▁an ▁air plane ▁crash ▁on ▁her ▁way ▁to ▁Point ▁Bar row ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁walk ▁to ▁Kot z eb ue ▁before ▁being ▁transport ed ▁by ▁an ▁In uit . ▁Through out ▁Al aska ' s ▁interior , ▁she ▁tra ve led ▁by ▁dog ▁s led ▁to ▁hold ▁mobile ▁dent al ▁clin ics ▁for ▁both ▁In uit ▁and ▁non - ind igen ous ▁patients . ▁She ▁craw led ▁on ▁her ▁ab d omen ▁across ▁thin ▁ice ▁to ▁save ▁s led ▁dogs ▁from ▁d row ning . ▁She ▁and ▁her ▁assistant ▁were ▁str and ed ▁on ▁one ▁occasion , ▁and ▁were ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁champion ▁dog ▁rac er ▁Leon hard ▁Se pp ala . ▁ ▁Family