"Mother thinks the municipality should be creative to fill the gap further to the dentist"

Shorter wait times for dentists: 'Unacceptable', says mother who suggests commune should be creative to fill the gap

The municipal dental care is lacking dentists in the north Jutland commune.

The school dental care in Nibe will lose two dentists after the summer break (Archive photo). (Photo: © Claus Fisker, Ritzau Scanpix) 5 minutes ago

If teeth are causing pain or crooked bites need to be corrected, there will now be significantly longer wait times for children and young people in the western part of Aalborg Commune.

It is not acceptable, says Louise Madsgaard from Barmer near Nibe, who is a mother of three and a council candidate for Venstre, after the commune has announced that patients from the clinic in Nibe will now have to drive approximately twenty extra kilometers to Sofiendalskolen in Aalborg.

- For us who live in the countryside, we will have to suddenly start driving again to the central Aalborg to get basic service again.

Aalborg Commune wants to attract more dentists, but instead of more dentists, they wave goodbye to two dentists at the school dental care in Nibe after the summer break.

Therefore, they are looking for dentists with great enthusiasm, posting positions and trying to make it attractive to take a job at the dental clinic, says over dentist Nina Vejby.

And exactly for that reason, one cannot just fill the gap in Nibe by moving a dentist out of Aalborg.

- So the problem just comes up because we are understaffed in dentists and dental assistants as it looks now.

------------------------------------------

Seeking creative "fillers" for gaps

------------------------------------------

The clinic in Nibe can only operate at full capacity and help children and young people up to 21 years old with tooth fillings or cleanings when new personnel is found.

Until that happens, the commune must find creativity to ensure that it does not affect the countryside, says Louise Madsgaard.

- It could for example be some mobile units that drive out to the rural areas, so that a family with children can have their child closer to the dentist where they live.

Children under 13 years old will still be able to be examined by dental assistants and clinic assistants in Nibe.

Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=undefined )

Warning: This article was translated by a Large Language Model, in case of doubt, you can always visit the original source.