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Edgbaston Dental Centre a large, pearly-white, converted Victorian-era house, with a more modern, brown-brick extension has practised for more than 20 years .
It’s an anomaly in Birmingham : the practice is one of few in the city that is taking on new NHS patients.
A 2022 BBC investigation found that 82 per cent of dental practices in Birmingham are not accepting any new adult NHS patients. The picture is worse for the whole UK : nine in ten practices aren’t taking on adults.
One in five Britons are not registered with a dentist, according to a survey from YouGov .
The most common reason is that they can't find an NHS dentist open to new patients.
One in ten people have resorted to performing DIY dentistry’ on themselves, including pulling out their own teeth.
BDA is calling on the government to urgently prioritise reforming the NHS contract.
The union’s other demands include building a sustainable workforce, establishing a national agenda for prevention, and giving dentistry a voice in integrated care systems.
More than 2,000 dentists have left the NHS since the pandemic, says Crouch .
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