Teenager to get dentures as entitlement to fillings runs out

Dentists are calling on the Government to reverse cuts to the HSE's dental budget after it emerged a 16-year-old girl will need dentures as she is not entitled to any more fillings under her medical card.

Like thousands of medical card holders across the country, the teenager from Wicklow is entitled to just two "emergency" fillings a year under a restricted list of treatments imposed by the HSE in 2010.