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Sunday 27 September 2020
The World Health Organization has said non-essential dental work should be delayed until Covid-19 transmission rates drop sufficiently.
In recent months, dentists have warned of the strain their industry is under due to Covid-19.
The Irish Dental Association carried out a survey of dentists across the country.
Dentists’ incomes are down by over 90% on average during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dentists are concerned that procedures which generate aerosol spray could be a risk.
Some are concerned at the lack of clear guidelines being issued to dentists in the current crisis.
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In Ireland, vulnerable people have more untreated dental disease, and poorer oral health-related quality of life than others.
Concerns were also raised about the overuse of antibiotics on children waiting for dental treatment .
The Irish Dental Association says policy will be ‘catastrophic’ for adults and children in lower income areas.
Children receive free dental check ups in 2nd, 4th and 6th class but there has been huge cuts to those services.
The men had previously worked well together but the relationship became “toxic”, a court heard.
Richard Bruton corrected his leaflet after a letter from the Irish Dental Association.
The Irish Dental Association says 150 more dentists are needed.
The dental complaints service was contacted 1,235 times last year, with 447 phone calls and 758 emails.
Thousands of children have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic each year.
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The IDA is calling on the Tánaiste to reinstate the PRSI dental scheme.
The HSE says that the clinic was closed because of concerns over the suitability of the building.
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Only 15 per cent of people actually made us of their free check-up last year.
Independent TD Mattie McGrath called the wait ‘shocking’.
There have been calls from dentists to list the HSE moratorium on recruitment so the list can be reduced.
Dentists are warning young people about the risks of oral piercings, especially when getting them done abroad or at music festivals.
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One dentist has warned that we may be returning to the days of extractions and dentures.
While food industry representatives say that a tax would hit consumers, dentists question the health benefits of it.
We’re encouraged to brush twice a day – but over-brushing can lead to sensitive teeth, dentists said today.
The situation is particularly bad in Kerry, Cork, Laois, Offaly and Sligo, according to the new head of the Irish Dental Association.
A survey of Irish dentists has indicated hundreds of workers could be laid-off 2012 – as practices reduce staff numbers to cope with falling profits.
Dentists are furious at new figures which showed that the HSE had budgeted €63m for dental care, but only spent €51.5m.
Ireland has one of the highest per capita soft drinks consumption in the western world – we drink an average of at least one 330ml can of fizzy drink a day.
Irish Dental Association also highlights the fact that the HSE post of Chief Dental Officer has been lying idle for TEN years.
As part of Mouth Cancer Awareness Day, dentists across the country are offering free checks to the public to help detect a disease occurring with greater frequency in Ireland.
The Health Information and Quality Authority wants every healthcare worker to be assigned a unique number which will follow them throughout the course of their career.
Dental Council issue new guidelines for its members and advises consumers on best to choose a dentist, either at home or abroad.
ANY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL of flu in the community could lead to the Covid-19 test and trace system being overwhelmed as people present with similar symptoms, health experts say.
Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry told TheJournal.ie that because flu and Covid-19 both seriously impact on vulnerable and older groups, health officials want to “avoid a twin attack on the same populations” in Ireland.
He said the focus will also be on keeping down the level of flu among those who will not be seriously ill with it, but who may pass it on to those vulnerable groups.
This is why the flu vaccine without charge has been extended to a number of other groups this year, including to children aged two to 12. Previously this applied only to those over the age of 70.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan to get the flu vaccine this upcoming winter?
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