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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Plan to increase access to NHS dentists in England ‘a complete failure’, MPs say

A dentist working on a patient's teeth
Millions of patients are still denied NHS dental care, forcing them to pay for private treatment or even perform DIY dentistry. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

The official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns.

Millions of patients continue to be denied dental care, forcing them to pay for private treatment, build up mountains of credit card debt, or even worse perform dangerous DIY dentistry on their own teeth, the research by MPs found.

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