Primary schoolchildren should be seen by a dentist in 2nd, 4th and 6th class under the HSE school screening dental service
'All those missed appointments mean huge numbers of children will suffer irreparable harm to their oral health,' the Irish Dental Association said. Photograph: Getty
, however, just over half of the 208,233 eligible children were assessed by a public dentist last year. The association added that this backlog is leading to some children not being seen for the first time until they reach secondary school, “if at all.” It comes as the number of dentists working within the public service has decreased by 24 per cent since 2006, from 330 to 251 whole-time-equivalents in 2023.
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