Dental healthcare packages for children could cost up to €41.1m

The annual cost of preventive dental healthcare packages to all children under the age of 16 years could be as high as €41.1m according to the ESRI, while similar preventive dental healthcare packages for adults could cost even more.

The figures are among estimates by the Economic and Social Research Institute and provided to government, which has published its new National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte.