Dental health report card

With the exception of the Greens, the major political parties have been given an ‘F’ for failing to submit their dental health policies to the Australian Dental Association.

ADA asked the main parties to provide answers to critical questions related to the challenges facing dental health.

So far the Greens are the only party to provide answers to all questions.

The Coalition addressed some dental health issues in its health policy launched last week but did not properly answer all of the ADA’s questions. While the ALP does have dental initiatives in train, they have not provided further detail.