dentures

plural noun : artificial tooth

Public dental patients are waiting on average six months longer to see a dentist than they did almost two years ago, according to figures released yesterday.

Waiting times have jumped at most of the state's 61 clinics, with patients waiting an average of two-and-a-half years for an appointment and almost three years for dentures.

The longest waits are in rural areas, with delays of more than five years to get a dental appointment in Portland, Sale and Warrnambool and more than five years for dentures in Portland and Dandenong.
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Mr Hurkens - whose wife Jacoba has been waiting in pain for a knee operation for two years - migrated from Holland with his wife in 1970. They have six children. He said his teeth were in poor condition because he grew up during World War II, when many Dutch were malnourished.

[ State's dental queue long in the tooth ]