Latest News & Press Releases

Latest News & Press Releases

70% of PRSI payers missed free dental check-up last year - Irish Dental Association

Chair of the Irish Dental Association GP Committee, Dr Will Rymer; “Visiting your dentist at least once a year is important to ensure any dental issues are detected early. If left untreated, they could become bigger and more expensive problems later.”

Dublin Dentist Receives Top Award Following Life-saving Diagnosis

Dr Clodagh McAllister of Fairview Dental, Dublin announced overall winner at Colgate Caring Dentist Awards 2022. Dr McAllister recognised for diagnosing potentially fatal liver condition in patient. Without Dr McAllister’s speedy intervention, doctors told the mother-of-two that she would have had a maximum of 12 weeks to live. In nominating Dr McAllister, her patient said: “It is because of Clodagh that my children still have a mother and my husband a wife. Clodagh saved my life.”

Ten Thoughts from this year’s IDA Seminar for HSE Dental Surgeons

It was great to see dentists and team members working in the HSE meet in person again for the first time in three years. Morale and burnout are real issues for our members right now but there was little doubt that everyone who attended said it was so important to meet colleagues, share experiences and sound advice in this time of great stress within the service.

School Dental Screening Service Virtually Non-Existent as Thousands of Children Await Care

• Some parts of the country are facing backlogs of almost 10 years in relation to HSE School Dental Screening Service. • Children who should be receiving three check-ups in primary school not being seen until fourth year of secondary school. • General Anaesthetic waiting lists also running up to 2 years in some parts of the country. • Number of public-only dentists has dropped by almost a quarter (23%), from 330 in 2006 to 254 in 2022. • HSE need to hire 76 dentists immediately to bring the service back to where it was 15 years ago, says Irish Dental Association.

‘Budget Allocation for Dental Care Amounts to Pocket Change’ – Irish Dental Association

The Irish Dental Association says it is disappointed by the lack of specifics in Budget 2023 regarding measures to improve access to dental care.

“Public Dental Schemes on verge of collapse” - Irish Dental Association

Serious investment from Budget 2023 needed to avoid collapse of public dentistry, says Irish Dental Association

Roadshow Meetings Commence in Cork and Limerick this week

The first in our series of regional meetings for members take place in Cork (Tuesday) and Limerick (Wednesday) this week.

Reform dental tax relief and overhaul medical card scheme in Budget 2023, says Irish Dental Association

As people struggle with cost-of-living pressures, access to dental care will only worsen without significant reform, warns Irish Dental Association in its submission to Government in advance of Budget 2023.

Latest IDA Newsletter for Members

Includes information on reform of the Med 2 tax relief scheme, DTSS (medical card) inspections, Dental Council registration of refugee dentists, and a report on opposition TDs criticising the delay in talks on a new medical card scheme.

Newly elected President of the Irish Dental Association calls on Government to enact sweeping reforms in Dentistry before we reach crisis point

“We need the Government to intervene in the medical card scheme, public dentist recruitment and the training of dental graduates immediately before we reach crisis levels.” – Dr Caroline Robins

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