The service offering dental care under general anaesthetic is “grotesquely under-resourced” around the country, a leading dentist working at Cork University Dental Hospital has warned.

On my first day in the surgery the first patient was there for a clearance under general anaesthetic ... They depict dental nurses at the National Dental Hospital or University College Hospital ...

Big Mac the orange cat waking up from anesthetic for a dental cleaning. Big Mac the orange cat waking up from anesthetic for a dental cleaning. @bigmacthemenace / TikTok Belanger couldn't resist ...

This can be difficult for the parents to cope with and children often end up having their treatment carried out using sedation or having a general anaesthetic in hospital. But this approach doesn’t ...