Swords Orthodontics
17 Main St, Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland

Orthodontics Waiting Lists in Ireland Increased

March 21, 2015
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Posted By: Stephen Murray

Hi there, haven't blogged in ages for Swords Orthodontics, but we haven't been idle! Dr Stephen Murray is now on the council of the Orthodontics Society of Ireland (he's the secretary) and has been at meetings and organising conference calls for them and for the Smile Revolution, who you'll be hearing more about next month.

We're still buzzing from our win at the Irish Dentistry Awards where we got the prize for Dublin Practice of the Year - apparently we were in the dental magazine, but our copy hasn't arrived here in Swords yet so Dr Murray was getting congratulations from other dentists he knows but didn't know how they knew.

Anyway, what we wanted to share with you is this article by Paul Cullen in the Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/teenagers-awaiting-orthodontic-treatment-up-12-1.2131284

which is a run down of problems with the HSE orthodontics service and the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment.

 

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