A group of over 500 dentists have written an open letter to the Chief Dental Officer calling for the cancellation of all elective dental procedures.
In the letter, seen by RTÉ News, they say vulnerable and elderly patients could lose their lives by contracting Covid-19 in a dental setting and that dentists are also exposed.
The Chief Dental Officer, Dr Dympna Kavanagh, has advised that if patients do not have symptoms of coronavirus, they should be treated.
Dr Kavanagh has told dentists that "there is no current scientific evidence to justify denial of dental care to members of the public who have neither a fever nor respiratory symptoms".
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