Posted: Tuesday, 1 May 2012 | By: boblloyd17

Yes the public dental system is deplorable. Thankfully I have never had to suffer as some contributors to this blog have. However, please remember this Labor government has only been in office for 4 years. It can't fix everything straight away.

Posted: Sunday, 15 April 2012 | By: Justinian

@samir69..are you a qualified dental practitioner? I hope not. Yes brushing will prevent some dental problems. What about plain old genetic orthodontic defects? Cranio-facial defects, peridontal infections, etc. I am hoping your PHI covers you.

Posted: Friday, 30 March 2012 | By: LuigiBelmont

Dental care need to be found by Medicare, is a illness like something else!
Why million caring for sight,deftness! Bad oral hygiene,tee disease are propagating to the rest of the body, will more costly sickness relate.Care for such disease cost more

Posted: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 | By: uriah3

I am faced with having to procure loans of up to $5000 to fix dental problems created initially by poor dental work and exacerbated by financial difficulty and now late middle age not from lack of brushing or flossing.I bet Gina R has pearly whites

Posted: Monday, 27 February 2012 | By: Simon8

I agree that this is an area where Australia really needs to lift its game & look after it's people.

Just about everyone in my family struggle when it comes to Dentistry, they can never afford it, & when it's needed, it takes more

Posted: Sunday, 22 January 2012 | By: ShirleyAnneG

How many people are visiting dentists because of the prohibitive cost? If cost were cheaper, dentists might actually make more money. I am sure bananas were not selling when they were $15kg, and now they are $3kg farmers may be making more money.

Posted: Sunday, 22 January 2012 | By: ShirleyAnneG

Dental work is ridiculously expensive in Australia. I am not sure about other western countries. How can a filling cost $250 but a visit to the doctor costs $55 or is bulk billed? Fix cost, fix the problem! In South Africa a filling costs R250 / $30!

Posted: Thursday, 19 January 2012 | By: krunchy

Why is a visit to the doctor subsidised by medicare, and an expensive visit to the dentist not? Sorry, but because of this im voting for the Greens, their policy on this is better.

Posted: Sunday, 4 December 2011 | By: samir69

Have you considered cleaning your teeth?
It's not that dificult, really!
This is the problem with dental care, it is almost 100% preventable if you just simply clean your teeth, but no, it's much better to tell political parties to spend mi

Posted: Saturday, 19 November 2011 | By: maureenmans

So many other health problems come from dental problems - 'a stitch in time saves nine'.