Dental Feature in The Age

Following editorial comment earlier this week on the need for a national dental database for forensic purposes, The Age has today published a lengthy article on the problems of long waiting lists and poor funding of public dental care.

The article notes that "Each year more than 30,000 people in Australia are hospitalised because of a dental condition, usually a tooth or gum infection that has been left to fester", and asks "So why the neglect for our teeth and gums?"