Six in every 10 of Britain's under-pressure dentists are having to fix issues caused by patients who have gone abroad to have treatments to give them Hollywood-style white teeth on the cheap, according to figures just released.
The figures are thought to have been fuelled by the new social media craze for "Turkey teeth", which offers customers a full mouth of bright white veneers. Videos uploaded by patients, which have been viewed millions of times, show before, after and in-between stages where full sets of natural teeth are filed down to tiny stumps in order to fit in the new artificial veneers.
Statistics show that around 35,000 British and Irish citizens have gone abroad for treatment in just the past year as cash-strapped NHS dentists struggle to meet the post-pandemic demand for appointments, The Mirror reports.
