New Zealanders need a dental debate
Dropping free dental care for children will make NZ s dental health worse not better, says Jim Anderton. He was responding to the New Zealand Dental Association s reaction to his call to make dental health care more affordable to all Kiwis. David Crum s ...

2,000 expected for free dental care
Dozens of volunteers will work all day today assembling a network of plastic suction tubes on the floor of the Statehouse Convention Center, spacing 120 portable dental chairs throughout the room, converting it into a temporary clinic that will treat the oral health needs of a estimated 2,000 patients Friday and Saturday.

Inuit more prone to dental problems: report
Inuit officials in Nunavut are demanding better dental care in northern communities, after a recent Health Canada report found that Inuit are more prone to tooth decay than other Canadians.

South's PHO reveals budget: free dental care plan queried
A proposal to offer free dental care for "high needs" adults has upset some in the health sector who warn against putting money into "rotten teeth", Southern Primary Health Organisation chairman Dr Conway Powell says. read more

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