According to an NHS England report, more than 50 per cent of children in Swindon do not have access to an NHS dentist.
Speaking to BBC News, Jo Lawton the commissioner for NHS dentistry, said the access rate for children in Wiltshire is 47.6 per cent. The national average is 46.9 per cent.
Jo said, "If children aren't getting treatment, they are just storing up problems for later years and that might include wider health problems."
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