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People turning to DIY dentistry as they struggle to access care – poll

Almost a quarter of people have been unable to access care from an NHS dentist in the last year, with a number turning to “DIY dentistry” as a result, a new poll suggests. Research, conducted on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, found that 23% of ...

21 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Health

NHS dentistry shake-up in Wales sees six-monthly check-ups scrapped

A shake-up to NHS dentistry in Wales will see patients move to yearly check-ups in an attempt to cut the coronavirus backlog and make it easier for people to see a dentist. The country’s new chief dental officer, Andrew Dickenson, said ...

27 Jul 2022 at 13:43

Thousands of dentists stop providing NHS services

Thousands of high street dentists in England are “severing ties” with the NHS, which could leave millions of patients “with no options”, leading dentists have warned. The British Dental Association (BDA) said that if the current trend ...

24 May 2022 at 01:01

Health & Wellbeing

World Oral Heath Day: 7 dental mistakes you might be making – and how to fix them

It’s been instilled in us since day dot: brushing your teeth twice a day will help keep the dentist away. But it’s easy to go overboard on the brushing, fret about staining, or make silly – and potentially harmful – mistakes. To ...

20 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Scotland

Revised payment arrangements to reward dentists for seeing more NHS patients

Revised payment arrangements for NHS dentists will be linked more closely to the number of patients they see from April to avoid a “cliff-edge” for practices, the Scottish Government has announced. Ministers said the revised ...

02 Mar 2022 at 20:55

Local News

Tipperary TD highlights withdrawal of dentists from the medical card scheme

Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath raised concerns in last Friday's sitting of the Daíl about the mass withdrawal of dentists from the Medical Card Scheme due to under funding. A recent exodus of dentists from a Health Service ...

28 Feb 2022 at 18:33

Local News

Tipperary TD highlights withdrawal of dentists from the medical card scheme

28 Feb 2022 at 18:33

Dental crisis leading to ‘slow death of NHS dentistry’

The NHS dental system is “failing” and has left millions of people struggling to get the care they need, MPs have been told. NHS dentistry is being propped up by dentists who feel an ethical responsibility to ...

24 May 2022 at 14:46

Dentistry crisis: Whole county shuts down to new NHS patients, group claims

Residents in the whole county of Somerset are unable to register as new NHS dentist patients for routine care, a patient champion organisation has claimed. One patient in the south-western county has ...

09 May 2022 at 01:25

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Number of dentists providing care to medical card patients in Louth has almost halved in the last 10 years

The number of dentists in Louth operating the medical card scheme has fallen by nearly half since 2012 to today, with just 21 dentists contracted to the scheme in 2022, new figures seen by the Irish ...

07 Apr 2022 at 13:33

Family

Mum accepts £20k damages from NHS dentist for teen with decay so bad bits of teeth “like chipped rice” were found if she ate crunchy food

A businesswoman has agreed to accept £20,000 damages from an NHS dentist on behalf of her 13-year-old daughter who was left with tooth decay so severe she would find “bits of her teeth like chipped ...

30 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Scotland

Only half of adults have seen NHS dentist in last two years, report shows

Just half of all adults have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years, the latest statistics show. With the coronavirus pandemic having seen a drop in appointments, new data from Public Health ...

25 Jan 2022 at 15:56

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