ADA raises concerns about Australians going overseas for dental care
- Advocacy
With the cost of dental care in Australia the main factor driving vulnerable patients overseas for treatment, ADA President Dr Chris Sanzaro says there has been insufficient progress on establishing schemes to fund care for these groups.
Dentists in Australia are increasingly seeing older patients with complications arising from the work done overseas, with patients often not factoring in the costs of maintaining complex dental work.
ADA President Dr Chris Sanzaro says a new national oral health plan is overdue, and that despite considerable ADA advocacy on the issue, long-running calls for a scheme to fund care for vulnerable groups, including seniors, still haven't been answered by the government.
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