Dentistry

Before Covid, 2.3 million courses of treatment were completed annually - in 2020-21, it was 544,755.

Melanie Fudge-Horton has had to make tough choices after living cost hike.

A patient group says a third of calls since February have been about accessing services in Somerset.

Watchdog warns of "deepening crisis" in England as patients find it harder to access NHS treatment.

Toothless In Suffolk hopes to reinstate NHS dentistry in a town that has lost its provision.

Volunteer dentists head to a West Yorkshire academy to treat children in agony with teeth problems.

Public Health Scotland found the number fell from more than one million to 757,000 this year.

Mark Drakeford faces questions from MSs, for the first time since the Easter recess.

Adding fluoride to tap water is "safe and effective" says a dental expert, as Glasgow considers it.

Mark Drakeford faces questions from MSs, for the penultimate time before the Easter recess.

An "ambitious oral health strategy" is needed in Northern Ireland, the British Dental Association says.

No dental practice in York is taking on new adult NHS patients, a pressure group says.

Matt Vickers says NHS dentistry is already in crisis and Covid has made a "bad situation worse".

Strict Covid protocols - which are still in place - have seen routine dental care dramatically reduced.

Suffolk MP Peter Aldous heads a Westminster debate about the lack of NHS dentist appointments.

Campaign group Toothless in England say the government is ignoring "acute needs" of the public.

Billingham Synthonia is saved from closure by a £10,000 donation after their main backer pulled out.

A dentistry campaign group is disappointed that three other contracts are yet to be awarded.

Clyde Munro Dental Group says it plans to buy more practices after securing the cash.