Dental waiting lists hit 100,000 with 15-month delay for appointment | lucy_carroll
on a sweeping Medicare extension that would add everything from dental check-ups to oral surgery.
“Pent up demand would mean the floodgates would open and cause huge pressure on the system unless it’s done gradually,” Spallek said. Data from the productivity commission shows average wait times in NSW for a first dental visit is 465 days and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients it is 480 days.
In NSW, pension and other concession cardholders are eligible for public dental services in state run clinics. The child dental benefit scheme gives subsidised services for children, but only about 38 per cent of people use it, according to the ADA. Waitlists are worst in the Hunter New England local health district where 15,144 people are waiting for treatment, Sydney has 13,890 on the list and the Central Coast 11,217.
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