Children waiting up to 5 years for dental treatments, union claims

DENTAL services have become a “postcode lottery” in Ireland according to the head of the Irish Dental Union (IDU).

Revealing how special needs and children who need dental treatment are on waiting lists for as long as five years in some places, Fintan Hourihan said that the denial of services is attributable to the ban on recruitment in the HSE.

Branding the curtailment of dental services for children and adult special needs as “inexcusable”, Mr Hourihan said the standard of care and services across the country now varied greatly depending on where you live.