84,000 children and teenagers awaiting dental assessment or treatment, new figures

Dentists have claimed ‘shocking’ new figures which reveal 84,000 children and teenagers from all over the country are awaiting dental assessment or treatment, underestimate the scale of the problem and have called for the appointment of 100 new dentists over next two years

The new HSE figures, published by RTE, also show the regions with the longest waiting lists are the south-east, the border region and the midlands.