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# Dental

All time
Treatment Benefit Scheme for dental works, hearing aids and glasses extended by 80,000 people
There were over one million claims for free dental and eye care through the new PRSI agreement
Dentists will stop using metal fillings that have been used in teeth for 150 years
Drain cleaning fluid 'got mixed with water' at Ennis dental surgeries
Some children wait up to 12 years for first dental screening
Dentists call for regular teeth screenings in schools to avoid 'traumatic' extractions
Your PRSI will now let you get a free teeth cleaning
Smile! One third of Irish people have broken or missing teeth
Only one in five entitled people availed of free dental exams last year