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Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said not everyone is getting the high-quality dental care they deserve.
A study has found that humans are evolving at a faster rate than at any point in the past 250 years.
The World Health Organization has said non-essential dental work should be delayed until Covid-19 transmission rates drop sufficiently.
The risk arises from small parts detaching.
Half a million claims for dental scale and polish, free glasses and hearing aids have been made.
The Irish Dental Association says policy will be ‘catastrophic’ for adults and children in lower income areas.
Although the fillings are perfectly safe, they carry a heavy environmental burden.
The Irish Dental Association has found that 90% of dentists say they are dissatisfied with the level of care they can provide under the scheme.
Fine Gael TD Peter Burke has said that prompt treatment was critical in terms of young adults’ body image.
The ancient jawbone is believed to be somewhere between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.
Erendira Wallenda pulled off the stunt five years to the day her husband Nik walked a tightrope over the falls.
These sisters took a step back from their dental practices to launch their own product.
Thousands of children have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic each year.
Previously, Irish children received free dental check ups in 2nd, 4th and 6th class but there has been huge cuts to those services.
Experts say you should go once a year, but it is a cause of anxiety for some people.
While shark attacks are generally rare in the area, there have been several such incidents in recent years.
Next time, we recommend eating a chewy sweet.
MacGowan’s last tooth fell out eight years ago – but now he’s had all 28 of them restored in a mammoth procedure.
The Irish Dental Association has described the figures as a “national disgrace”.
Straight out of your nightmares.
Police are looking for witnesses to provide information they may have.
That’s 17.5 MILLION Easter eggs this year between the lot of us, according to Repak.
The not-so-sweet side of sugar…
A new TCD study has found a link between fluoridated water and oral health in old age.
The power of oral hygiene.
Yes, you read that right.
A meeting yesterday heard that dental surgeries are “brimming with children under seven who are already showing signs of irreparable tooth decay
Scare tactics and misinformation should have no place in deciding public health policy.
The cost for some treatments can vary between counties by as much as €230.
SCREAM. (Might not want to read this if you’ve just had breakfast.)
The surgery took a gruelling seven hours.
Cork County Council has already passed a motion calling on the Government to legislate for change.
KIDS. What are they like?