Children’s teeth ‘damaged by end of training scheme’

HUNDREDS of children had their teeth permanently damaged when regional training programmes for orthodontists were abruptly halted six years ago, according to one of the country’s leading practitioners.

Thousands more were also adversely affected and many of the children could have grounds for legal action, said Ted McNamara who spearheaded the training of dental specialists in the Mid-West.

“Some children have been very badly damaged. The plug was pulled in the middle of treatment and many of them had nobody looking after them for months as a result,” he said.