CAMBRIDGE DENTAL PRACTICE. CAMBRIDGE DENTAL PRACTICE FUNDING FOR ORAL HEALTH Dr Rosalind Peart Well, at long last. It looks like this problem might be getting some traction and attention. For years now the dental profession has been trying to motivate our government to deal with the fact that a vast number of our population literally exist in a third world state as far as their oral health goes. Dentists have been reviled for being too "expensive" with seemingly some expectation that we as private individuals should be funding people's dental care. We don't expect medical doctors, or any other profession to do that and it's simply not a possibility. became even remotely inclined to communicate. It is good to at least see the topic in the media and perhaps some accountability will result. Here's a thought. What if people were actually assessed for eligibility for oral health funding according to their income? Like we do for WINZ assistance and Student loans for example. I realise this may be an inflammatory notion but it really irks me when I see teenagers as patient's with poor oral hygiene, requiring extensive costly work that is all given to them free of charge, and they come from affluent families. That just doesn't seem quite right. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on that. Increased government funding for oral health is going to cost a fortune and that might be a way of finding some of the money. Sol am cautiously optimistic. Let's hope there are not millions of dollars wasted on some harebrained scheme that has little impact. Certainly during the Covid 19 lockdown the Ministry of Health completely Send me an email or post on our Facebook page. I'd really like to know disregarded any advice from the dental profession and only latterly what you think. 9A Anzac Street I (Opposite New World) I Tel: 07 8275079 I www.cambridgedental.co.nz CAMBRIDGE DENTAL PRACTICE. CAMBRIDGE DENTAL PRACTICE FUNDING FOR ORAL HEALTH Dr Rosalind Peart Well, at long last. It looks like this problem might be getting some traction and attention. For years now the dental profession has been trying to motivate our government to deal with the fact that a vast number of our population literally exist in a third world state as far as their oral health goes. Dentists have been reviled for being too "expensive" with seemingly some expectation that we as private individuals should be funding people's dental care. We don't expect medical doctors, or any other profession to do that and it's simply not a possibility. became even remotely inclined to communicate. It is good to at least see the topic in the media and perhaps some accountability will result. Here's a thought. What if people were actually assessed for eligibility for oral health funding according to their income? Like we do for WINZ assistance and Student loans for example. I realise this may be an inflammatory notion but it really irks me when I see teenagers as patient's with poor oral hygiene, requiring extensive costly work that is all given to them free of charge, and they come from affluent families. That just doesn't seem quite right. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on that. Increased government funding for oral health is going to cost a fortune and that might be a way of finding some of the money. Sol am cautiously optimistic. Let's hope there are not millions of dollars wasted on some harebrained scheme that has little impact. Certainly during the Covid 19 lockdown the Ministry of Health completely Send me an email or post on our Facebook page. I'd really like to know disregarded any advice from the dental profession and only latterly what you think. 9A Anzac Street I (Opposite New World) I Tel: 07 8275079 I www.cambridgedental.co.nz