Evening dental appointments will be available from next week.
The region has been hit by a number of dental practices either closing or de-registering NHS patients in recent months, with a special task force set up in a bid to tackle the problem.
Funding from unfilled posts is now being used by the public dental service (PDS) to allow a small number of patients to be seen in Dumfries and Newton Stewart in the evenings as part of a pilot programme.
