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Record-long queues for braces

Kronoberg • Publicerad 4 november 2019
Foto: Lena Gunnarsson

In Kronoberg County, there are record long waiting times for getting braces. Anyone who has become eligible for a dental position may wait for over three and a half years. This is partly due to the fact that the patients have become more and that there is a shortage of trained staff.

– Now, almost no one who is eligible of getting braces declines. Newly arrived young people with very high care needs also plays a part. Then we have also received extended child and youth care. It has gone from 19 years to 23 years, so it is a large age group, says Susanna Lindén Nelson, chief dentist and head of the department of orthodontics, to SVT Nyheter Småland.

In four years, the waiting list has gone from having 920 people to 1679 people. Those who have an urgent need for dental care can go ahead in line and be admitted within three months.

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