Leitrim still has only one dentist accepting medical card patients in the county.
That's despite several recent appeals to the Department of Health to help incentivize dentists to rejoin the scheme.
Holders of medical cards over the age of 16 can get free dental services through the Dental Treatment Service Scheme
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It provides funding to dentists to deliver services to medical card patients.
Dr Noel Sweeny in Carrick on Shannon remains the only dentist in the county on the scheme according to figures presented at a recent Health Forum West meeting.
Councillors and community representatives from across the Shannonside Region have called on the HSE to revitalize the scheme in order to get more dentists involved.
