ADA calls on new PM to act on dental health

The Australian Dental Association has welcomed the election of Mr Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister.

ADA hopes to shortly meet with Mr Turnbull and his Cabinet colleagues in an effort to increase the focus of the Government on dental health.

ADA President Dr Rick Olive AM RFD said that dental health has not achieved the attention it deserves from Government in recent years.

There are many sectors of the community that require some assistance to access dental care. he said. For example, ADA has called for a targeted national oral plan to provide Australia’s pensioners with a dental scheme that would provide them with $1000 every two years for dental treatment, modelled on the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.