"School screenings also in state of 'crisis', Oireachtas committee will be told Thousands of patients are being denied the free dental care they are entitled to every year after more than half of dentists across the country have pulled out of the medical card scheme. School dental screenings for children are also in a state of crisis due to a shortage of HSE-employed dentists."
"School screenings also in state of 'crisis', Oireachtas committee will be told Thousands of patients are being denied the free dental care they are entitled to every year after more than half of dentists across the country have pulled out of the medical card scheme. School dental screenings for children are also in a state of crisis due to a shortage of HSE-employed dentists."
More than half of dentists nationwide have withdrawn from the medical card scheme, resulting in thousands of patients being denied the free dental care to which they are entitled each year. The withdrawal has reduced access to routine and preventive services for medical card holders and increased reliance on overstretched public dental services. School dental screenings for children are in a state of crisis because of a shortage of HSE-employed dentists, leaving preventive checks and early interventions compromised. The combined shortfalls affect both adult and child dental care access and create significant challenges for public oral health continuity.
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