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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sarah Marsh

Demand for lip fillers and Botox is a boost for UK dentists

Inside a dental practice
Patients now opt to visit a dentist’s chair for cosmetic procedures such as lip fillers or Botox injections. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The prospect of injections, poking and prodding were once a good enough reason for many to avoid the dentist’s chair, but practitioners are finding that that is exactly why patients are now visiting as the demand for cosmetic procedures continues to grow.

Seven of the big dental chains are now offering cosmetic procedures like Botox or other facial treatments at some of their branches, leading to more and more practices offering the treatments.

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