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Health
William Ton

Aussies delay dental treatment as cost of living bites

Dentists are urging for more government subsidies to help people access care. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Two-in-three Australians are only visiting the dentist when they have a problem as cost of living pressures continue to bite, amid calls for dental subsidies to be expanded.

In an oral health survey of 25,000 people, 61 per cent delayed oral treatment in the past 12 months, with affordability accounting for 63 per cent of the reason.

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