Dentistry reveals the dire state of affairs in new research. As a result, we found that none of the dentists treated adult patients.
This was seen in a third of over 200 UK municipalities.
A survey of nearly 7,000 NHS practices also revealed that 8 out of 10 were not accepting new children. A recent BBC survey revealed a serious shortage of dentists in the NHS.
Many people already go to the dentist, but with so much mouth disease and a shortage of dentists, can the NHS dentists delist you? Let's take a closer look.
What did the investigation find?
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Getty Images/iStockphoto)According to a BBC study:
- 10 of the NHS practices Eight out of ten do not accept children and young people as new patients. NHS treatment. Despite the fact that children with full-time education are entitled to completely free care in health services,
- about 200 clinics only offer access to the NHS if their parents register as individual patients.
- 9 10 NHS dental clinics across the UK are not accepting new adult patients
- a third of the UK's over 200 parliamentary districts , no dentist accepts adult NHS patients
ed from your dental practice?
Unfortunately, due to the high demand for NHS dental care, some dental clinics are forced to remove patients from their NHS lists who have not been there for more than two years.
Certain medical institutions have decided to exclude patients from their clinics unless they follow two rules:
What is the reason for the lack of appointments? The lockdown prevented dentists from seeing patients for three months.
When practice resumed, there was a large backlog to catch up on.
There were further ramifications, with many missed appointments while dentists were trying to catch up.
Dentist Lorna Eskander told her GB Her News:
"We were closed for about three months, the first three months of the pandemic after the nationwide lockdown, so people were resorting to having their teeth pulled.
"However, when dentists uncovered what had really happened, the problem persisted, as people who had regular check-ups were no longer showing up."
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"So formerly reversible diseases such as tooth decay became irreversible, necessitating procedures such as root canals and tooth extractions, and people began to pull out their own teeth." 73}
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Getty Images)He added that these diseases were exacerbated by not seeing the treated patients.
"In fact, there have been studies showing that about 2,000 dentists have left the profession since the pandemic and in the last year," she added. } Read more
