Dentists fear children may lose teeth as they're redeployed to vaccine rollout

Some Irish children may lose their teeth as dentists working in the public sector are being redeployed to the Covid-19 vaccination programme, the Irish Dental Association is warning.

President of the IDA, Dr Anne O'Neill, said that dentists have “lost faith in the ability of the Department of Health to listen to the dental profession for the good of patients”. Dr O'Neill said: “These dentists are willing and able to meet the challenge of being vaccinators, but it is important to state that their absence means a lack of early intervention, a lack of early diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases to both children and vulnerable adults, some of which will result in the loss of teeth for life.

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