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# Irish Dental Association

Last year
2023
'Unacceptable': Dentists hit out at lack of public service care for children amid staffing crisis
3 Apr 2023
8.9k
8
All time
Nation's oral health at risk as children not seeing a dentist until their teens
27 May 2022
9.3k
19
Moving dentists to vaccination programme will cause 'irreparable damage' to children, says IDA
8 May 2021
37.6k
13
Dental treatment for medical card holders in 'complete chaos', industry body says
22 Feb 2021
29.9k
36
Irish Dental Association says 'guidance doesn't need to be changed' after WHO advises delay of routine dental work
Updated 12 Aug 2020
48.7k
26
Dentists seek urgent meeting with Donnelly over claims government failed to deliver promised PPE
3 Aug 2020
32.7k
12
Majority of dentists fear Covid-19 poses high risk to 'sustainability' of their practice
4 May 2020
37.5k
45
Dentists warn profession is on 'brink of collapse' as many practices face closures
18 Mar 2020
66.1k
125
Dentists left 'frustrated' after Minister tells constituents they could get free scale and polish
13 Oct 2018
31.2k
19
Dentists claim rise in tooth extractions caused by structure of medical card scheme
29 May 2018
15.1k
28
Some children wait up to 12 years for first dental screening
17 Aug 2017
9.2k
38
There has been a big drop in people getting HSE-funded dental treatments
26 Jul 2017
13.4k
25
Dentists call for regular teeth screenings in schools to avoid 'traumatic' extractions
28 Feb 2017
8.0k
24
Lack of dental care sees nursing home patients needing up to 20 teeth extracted at once
12 Feb 2017
12.4k
16
Varadkar dismisses claims 10,000 Irish children have teeth extracted in hospital each year
15 Oct 2015
19.0k
81
Over half of Irish adults only visit dentist in emergency
4 Jan 2014
9.6k
78
Warning: Tongue piercings affect speech, sense of taste and cause drooling
1 Aug 2013
40.1k
83
75 per cent of people do not avail of free dental check-ups
19 Apr 2013
13.7k
40
Dentists' body expresses concern over illegal teeth whitening
21 Feb 2013
17.2k
60
Poll: Do you put off going to the dentist?
29 Nov 2012
9.8k
72
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
29 Nov 2012
8.2k
14
Only one in five entitled people availed of free dental exams last year
10 Jul 2012
7.8k
38