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Corio’s current dentist clinic is struggling to cater for current demands, with narrow corridors and small treatment rooms worsening the experience of already anxious dental patients.<\/p>\n
Barwon Health’s Corio Dental team leader Sonya Howard said a new facility would provide an urgently needed public health boost.<\/p>\n
“Many people believe that dental health is simply cosmetic, but this is not the case at all. Oral infections are the number one preventable cause of hospitalisation for children aged 0 to 9 here in Victoria,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Every morning when the team and I arrive, we are met by more than 20 patients waiting for emergency dental care due to serve pain, facial swelling or infection.”<\/p>\n
BHF said the dental centre would be the first piece of an extensive puzzle to provide better healthcare for residents in Geelong’s northern suburbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BARWON Health Foundation has launched an ambitious fundraising drive for a dental centre in Geelong’s north, in the first step towards improving health outcomes for the city’s most disadvantaged area. BHF’s Project North campaign is targeting $2.5 million to build a purpose-built public dental facility at Barwon Health North, on the Princes Highway at Norlane. […]<\/p>\n