Nilesh Parmar, a dentist at Parmar Dental in Leigh-on-Sea, explained that surgeries have a quota of NHS work to complete each year.
He told BBC News that it has created a “crazy situation”. He has enough staff to tackle the waiting list, but funding has not been granted.
Nilesh was given a set NHS budget of work for his three dentists to complete.
The demand for dental care in Essex is “ridiculous”, Nilesh explained. But once the money runs out, his staff have to stop working.
"It just seems like a crazy situation where you've got a clinic which is ready to do more treatment and do more NHS work, but we're going to have to stop because we just don't have the funding to do it," Nilesh added.
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