Nine in 10 UK dentists are not accepting new adult patients, while eight in 10 are refusing children.
, where almost a quarter of practices were taking on new adult NHS patients
About 200 practices said they would take on a child under the NHS only if a parent signed up as a private patient The British Dental Association, which represents high-street NHS dentists in the UK, said NHS dentistry was at a "tipping point" after a decade of under-investment., had crowns fitted to her damaged teeth by an NHS dentist, but when her practice stopped treating patients on the health service four years ago, she was unable to find a new one.
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