Dental care requires federally funded universal system, health experts say

Jalal Khan has seen a lot of desperate patients during his time as a dentist.

Key points:

  • Patients on the public dental scheme often wait more than 12 months for treatment
  • 80 per cent of eligible patients miss out on treatment each year
  • There were 70,000 avoidable hospitalisations due to acute dental conditions in 2015-16

“I’ve had patients that have had teeth held together with paper clips,”

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