Hole in rural dental workforce needs urgent filling

Dental Health Week 2023
7 to 13 August 2023
www.teeth.org.au/dental-health-week

It’s not just doctors who are in short supply in the bush – so too are dentists – and it is a big hole in the rural health workforce that needs urgent filling, the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has warned. Speaking during Dental Health Week 2023 (7-13 August), RDAA President Dr Megan Belot said the already poorer oral health of many rural and remote Australians is being further jeopardised by a lack of access to dental care – due to the continuing shortage of rural dentists and the high cost of dental care for those on low incomes.

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