A group representing dentists has called for the establishment of at least 20 dental centres across the country to provide emergency treatment during the Covid-19 outbreak. The call for a regional network of emergency centres follows criticism of guidance issued by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) last week which stated that routine dentistry remains safe. “We’ve a large number of dentists saying they would be happy to volunteer to work in those emergency centres. Mr Hourihan said: “We have very limited emergency facilities in dental hospitals in Dublin and Cork. He added that while the IDA could not quantify the demand for emergency services it envisaged that at least 20 such centres would be required across the country.

Source: Irish Examiner March 23, 2020 17:26 UTC