Dental practices told to display fees from June

ALL dental practices across the country will have to display private fees from June.

The Dental Council of Ireland has issued a code of practice making it mandatory for dentists, from June 1, to display private fees in a place where patients can view them before consultation.

The announcement follows a National Consumer Agency (NCA) study into the levels of price display among GPs and dentists, which showed only 32% of dentists displayed a price list on their premises.