Do You Avoid Going To The Dentist? You’re Not Alone

I have a confession: I don’t like going to the dentist, and have been known to go years between visits. Unsurprisingly, I’m not alone. In a report recently released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), and shared this week on The Daily Aus podcast, as many as one in two Australians aged 15 and over didn’t visit the dentist from 2022 to 2023. Additionally, the AIHW reported that one in six people who really needed to see a dentist either delayed their visit,…