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The ongoing difficulties faced by medical card holders seeking dental care in Galway is an ‘urgent issue’, according to Sinn Féin TD for Galway West/South Mayo, Mairéad Farrell.

3Dental is delighted to announce Dr Cinar's addition to their team in Galway. Dr Sultan Busra Cinar graduated from the University of Hacettepe Faculty of Dentistry in 2007 and has been practising for fifteen years.

Cosmetic Dentist Dr Sultan Busra Cinar is the newest member of the 3Dental Galway team.

3Dental is delighted to announce Dr Cinar's addition to their team in Galway. Dr Sultan Busra Cinar graduated from the University of Hacettepe Faculty of Dentistry in 2007 and has been practising for fifteen years. Since graduation, she has completed several courses and training programmes on aesthetic dentistry, implantology and periodontal plastic surgery. Dr Cinar is a member of the Irish Dental Association.

Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the Department of Health and the HSE to take emergency action to address 'the alarming lack of dentists offering services to Medical Card patients through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme/DTSS.

Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the Department of Health and the HSE to take emergency action to address 'the alarming lack of dentists offering services to Medical Card patients through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme/DTSS. Speaking in the Dáil recently, Deputy Conway-Walsh said: "Of all the dental practices throughout the county of Mayo, only one is currently treating Medical Card patients and taking on new patients, but even then, only for specific treatments.

A total of 5,635 children in Galway are waiting for routine dental appointments, a situation described as “unacceptable” by a Galway West TD.

Dental services in Galway have reached crisis point as waiting lists “soar” and dentists drop out of the medical card scheme in “record numbers”.

Sinn Féin TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh has expressed alarm at the collapse in dental services for Mayo in the last 18 months, as dentists drop out of medical card scheme in record numbers.

More than 900 people throughout the west of Ireland are waiting more than two years for orthodontic services, according to figures released by the HSE.