Dentist leaders have the slammed decades of ministerial indifference that are placing huge pressures across the NHS, with underfunding, over reliance on patient charges, and failure to reform the discredited dental contract all piling pressure on health services.
The BDA has called for funded emergency slots for children as well as adults, and for sustained public information campaigns. While dental care for children is free, polling has shown 1 in 4 parents are unaware of that fact.
The BDA has previously estimated annual costs for both adults and child patients at A&E services at £18 million and GPs at £26 million. Tooth decay is also the number one reason for child hospital admissions, with procedures costing the NHS an estimated £36.2 million a year.
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