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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Storm Newton

People forced to pull out their own teeth amid NHS dental crisis, report finds

PA Wire

People in the UK have been forced to pull out their own teeth at home because they can not access or afford an NHS dentist, a damning new report has found.

The Health and Social Care Committee’s examination of NHS dentistry calls for “urgent and fundamental reform” and said there was evidence of pain and distress that is “totally unacceptable in the 21st century”.

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