Children forced to go to North for dental care

CHILDREN eligible for orthodontic treatment are being denied treatment in many areas and parents are being forced to go into debt to send them to the North for treatment, it was claimed yesterday.

Ted McNamara, a leading practitioner based in Limerick, said consultant orthodontists were encouraged to remove children from waiting lists on the grounds that they are not bad enough to be treated.

“We don’t really have a service worth talking about,” said Mr McNamara who claims that some children had already been damaged by a collapsed service.