A 'mass withdrawal' of dentists from a HSE scheme to treat medical card holders is leaving children and adults with special needs with only an emergency dental service, according to the HSE's national lead for oral health.
A "mass withdrawal" of dentists from a Health Service Executive scheme to treat medical card holders is leaving children and adults with special needs with only an emergency dental service, according to the HSE's national lead for oral health.
In the past year, 208 dentists have left the scheme, leaving some areas of the country with only emergency cover.However, hundreds of dentists have left the scheme in recent years, with many raising concerns that it restricts the number of preventative treatments allowed, such as fillings to save a tooth, while permitting an unlimited number of extractions.
"Unless the provision of basic dental services to adult medical card holders is addressed urgently at the highest level, the HSE Louth Meath dental service may be forced to confine dental services to emergency treatment only, to the detriment of the oral health of both children and adults in particular those with special care needs."
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