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New Brunswick’s only board-certified pediatric dentist says a lack of operating-room time has pushed his waiting list to more than 300 children, and some of them wait up to three years for surgery.
Only board-certified pediatric dentist in New Brunswick says hundreds of children are on waitlist
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 24, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Erica Henderson says her daughter, Frankie, 10, has been waiting for dental surgery for almost two years. (Submitted by Erica Henderson)
Frankie Henderson, a 10-year-old girl in Rusagonis on the outskirts of Fredericton, has been waiting nearly two years for what started out as just two dental fillings.
She now needs at least seven fillings and two to three extractions, and one cavity has reached nerve tissue.
“It’s getting worse now, like her front teeth are affected,” said Erica Henderson, Frankie’s mother. “What if we have to wait for another year or more?
“She might lose her teeth and those are her adult teeth, that’s the frustrating part.”
Henderson said her daughter has autism and an anxiety disorder,
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