Less Than Half Of Laois and Offaly Dentists Are Taking Medical Card Patients

New figures also show a third in Longford Westmeath have opted out of scheme. 

Less than half of dentists in Laois and Offaly are taking medical card patients. 

New figures also show a third in Longford Westmeath have opted out of scheme. 

Fintan Hourihan CEO of The Irish Dental Association believes many dentists find the rules surrounding the scheme to be too restrictive. 

He says there is also a shortage of dentists in the country: 

 

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