Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion
9:30 am
Ms Catherine Gallagher:
I just want to make one point in terms of orthodontic treatment need. A significant contributor to the development of orthodontic treatment need is, in fact, the failure of primary prevention for dental disease and extractions that contribute to the development of orthodontic problems in older children and adolescents. Therefore, if we want to reduce the orthodontic treatment need in the medium term and long term, we need to address the primary prevention problem in the first place.
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