Gaza parents brave dental dilemma: Costly treatment or food on the table?
Many parents in Gaza are facing a difficult choice between affording dental treatment and providing food for their families. The ongoing Israeli siege has led to severe shortages of dental materials, causing treatment costs to rise significantly. As a result, many patients delay necessary care until their conditions worsen, leading to more complicated and expensive procedures.
- ▪Patients in Gaza are often forced to choose between dental care and basic household needs due to financial constraints.
- ▪The Israeli siege has resulted in a shortage of dental materials, driving up treatment costs significantly.
- ▪Many patients only seek treatment after infections worsen, complicating their conditions and increasing costs.
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Economy|Israel-Palestine conflictGaza parents brave dental dilemma: Costly treatment or food on the table?Many Palestinians in Gaza are forgoing expensive dental treatment, at a detriment to their health.ListenListen (6 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoDentist Liza Hassouna with a patient in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp [Lina Abuzayed/Al Jazeera]By Lina Abu ZayedPublished On 29 May 202629 May 2026Nuseirat, Gaza – Fifty-year-old Murad Haji sits in silence in a dentist’s chair among the rubble of Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, hoping to find some relief from a pain that has plagued him for months.He holds his jaw, overwhelmed by a sharp throbbing ache.
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