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Mon 01 Jan 2010Support for dental health 'destroyed'
DENTAL TREATMENT for medical card holders will for the first time be “rationed” in the wake of budget cuts, a crisis meeting of dentists has been told.
The Government has “destroyed” what minimal support it has given to dental health care in recent years, members of the Irish Dental Association were told at the meeting to discuss cuts in payment supports for treatment on PRSI and medical card schemes.
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