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Ireland's Dental Crisis Deepens | Cork News
Ireland’s public dental system is in freefall, leaving tens of thousands of children and medical card holders stranded without care. Years of post-2008 budget cuts have created massive backlogs, slashed treatments, and driven dentists away — forcing families to endure years of pain or pay thousands for private care. With Ireland among the worst in the developed world for dentist-to-population ratios, kids are suffering, emergency visits are soaring, and aging practices are closing without replacements. Even as universities churn out new dentists, most head abroad, and too few Irish-trained…
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