By RNZ
The Dental Association says dentists will have to shut down within weeks due to a lack of masks unless the government takes action immediately.
The chief executive of the New Zealand Dental Association, David Crum, says the masks dentists use are of a specific standard which are in very short supply.
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He said there was about two weeks supply left before dentists will have to start closing.