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Dentists call for expansion of Child Dental Benefits Scheme to include senior Australians

Amid poor dental hygiene and mouth disease rates in Australians and the rising costs of living, dentists and advocates are calling for subsidies for children to be extended to the elderly.

A regional Victorian dentist and the national peak dentistry body are welcoming the four-year extension of the Child Dental Benefits Scheme — available to families on Family Tax Benefit A — to help get children in the dentist's chair.

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