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High cost means more than half of NZ's young adults don't access dental care

  • Written by Jonathan Broadbent, Associate Professor in Dental Public Health, University of Otago
High cost means more than half of NZ's young adults don't access dental careThe risk for dental problems is determined in early childhood.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

In New Zealand, wealth determines dental health. Inequalities in untreated tooth decay are wider in New Zealand than in Australia, Canada or the United States.

The latest New Zealand Health Survey, run annually by the Ministry of Health, reported that...

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