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Sally Murphy said she would have to get a second mortgage to be able to afford the treatment in the UK

NHS digital figures show that in North Lincolnshire, there were just 54 NHS dentists - equating to one dentist for every 3,199 people - with experts from the British Dental Association saying it will take an extra £880million a year to restore resources to 2010 levels

Almost 90% of NHS dental practices in the UK are no longer accepting new adult patients, according to a report by the BBC. Only one in five practices are willing to accept children as new patients.

The British Dental Association has claimed that millions of people are struggling to get the dental care they need as they cannot get an appointment with their local dentist

Four patients on why they went overseas for dental care due to costs and being unable to obtain treatment locally

“I phoned 25 to 30 dentists within a reasonable vicinity of our new home but every single one said they were only taking on private patients"

Healthwatch England said that some people had also resorted to pulling out their own teeth after being left unable to get a dentist appointment

Nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients, a survey has found

North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset have similar percentages

Some 98 per cent of dentists in the North West are not accepting new adult patients, the survey concluded

Have you tried signing up for an NHS dentist? If you managed it, tell the rest of us how. Figures from the British Dental Association (BDA) and the BBC lay bare the bleeding abscess at the heart of UK dental care. The shortage of dentists has been blamed on an…