Experts sink their teeth into England’s NHS dental care crisis

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Experts sink their teeth into England’s NHS dental care crisis

Ideas to revive NHS dentistry include a GP-style right to register and fewer checkups for those with healthy teeth

Amid renewed concern over the millions of people in England who cannot get NHS dental care, and a warning that the current “dental recovery plan” will not work, ministers are drawing up their own proposals to tackle what is widely agreed to be a crisis.

Here experts set out four ideas for how to revive NHS dentistry and help patients get the care they need without paying for it privately, as many are having to do now, or undertaking “DIY dentistry”, such as pulling their rotten teeth themselves.

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