Dentists
# dentists - Monday 6 May, 2013
Fancy getting your teeth whitened? You need to know this
Beware of gum burns – and why lasers are not really the answer to getting your gnashers glowing.
# dentists - Thursday 4 April, 2013
7 celebs who faced the horror of adult braces
Niall Horan just got his off!
# dentists - Sunday 9 December, 2012
5 children who REALLY want to summon the tooth fairy
Do not try this at home. Oh wait, you already did.
# dentists - Thursday 29 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Almost one third of us are postponing going to the dentist – because of cost
One dentist has warned that we may be returning to the days of extractions and dentures.
# dentists - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Food industry not convinced by sugar tax, but neither are dentists
While food industry representatives say that a tax would hit consumers, dentists question the health benefits of it.
# dentists - Monday 20 August, 2012
Don’t overbrush your teeth, say dentists
We’re encouraged to brush twice a day – but over-brushing can lead to sensitive teeth, dentists said today.
# dentists - Friday 18 May, 2012
Up to 20,000 children on waiting lists for orthodontic work
The situation is particularly bad in Kerry, Cork, Laois, Offaly and Sligo, according to the new head of the Irish Dental Association.
# dentists - Monday 13 February, 2012
Dental sector could face loss of up to 1,000 jobs this year
A survey of Irish dentists has indicated hundreds of workers could be laid-off 2012 – as practices reduce staff numbers to cope with falling profits.
# dentists - Friday 20 January, 2012
HSE underspent on dental care by €11.5m last year
Dentists are furious at new figures which showed that the HSE had budgeted €63m for dental care, but only spent €51.5m.
# dentists - Monday 14 November, 2011
Dentists call for public health warnings on soft drinks
Ireland has one of the highest per capita soft drinks consumption in the western world – we drink an average of at least one 330ml can of fizzy drink a day.
# dentists - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Money from ‘sugar tax’ should go to dental schemes, say dentists
Irish Dental Association also highlights the fact that the HSE post of Chief Dental Officer has been lying idle for TEN years.
# dentists - Wednesday 14 September, 2011
Dentists offer free checks for mouth cancer
As part of Mouth Cancer Awareness Day, dentists across the country are offering free checks to the public to help detect a disease occurring with greater frequency in Ireland.
# dentists - Wednesday 3 August, 2011
Healthcare workers ‘should be tracked’
The Health Information and Quality Authority wants every healthcare worker to be assigned a unique number which will follow them throughout the course of their career.
# dentists - Monday 11 April, 2011
Dentists must display prices under new code of practice
Dental Council issue new guidelines for its members and advises consumers on best to choose a dentist, either at home or abroad.

































