2.2 million people in need of urgent NHS dental care, dentists warn

The government has promised an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments (PA) - (PA Archive)

The 700,000 extra dental appointments promised by the Government will only cover a third of people who need urgent care, leading dentists have said.

The British Dental Association (BDA) said that leaving hundreds of thousands of people in England without access to NHS urgent dental care could mean people turn to “Victorian-era” solutions to dental problems.