The number of children receiving key early-intervention services has dropped by over 17 per cent. Children are waiting their entire secondary schol cycle to get a dental chackup. Stock image Today at 00:00 Primary school children in Cork, who should be getting dental assessments in first class, are being forced to wait until as long as sixth year in secondary school to finally be seen by a public dentist, in what’s being called a ‘collapse’ of the public dental system.