Cost main deterrent to dental care, report finds
By Peter Jean, Health Reporter
May 25, 2011
If memory serves, Canada and OZ are two of the most desirable places in the world to live!!!
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wing number of Australians are avoiding or delaying dental
appointments because of cost, according to a report to be issued today
by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Delaying appointments is likely to be a major contributor to higher tooth extraction rates among low-income earners.
Cost concerns led one third of Australians to avoid visits to the dentist in 2008 an increase of about one third since 1994.
