Dr Ted MacNamara an Orthodontist in Limerick who in the late 90's with his sister had 9,000 children under care when their services was attacked by sections of the Dental Profession. These groups had undue influence on the Dental Council. It took action to destroy a training programme which had been the key to their success in dealing with large numbers of children in the public orthodontic system and thereby sabotaged the service.As a result of collapsing their training programmes, staff left regional orthodontic departments. These Dentists had joined them and worked hard treating children in return for the training which they provided. There was now no reason for them to stay.