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The crisis in dentistry: why is it happening and what should we do about it?

Published: Feb. 8, 2024, 8:02 p.m.

This week a great queue of dentistless Bristolians appeared outside a new practice offering NHS treatment. \nThat followed a report on children\u2019s health which specifically referenced the poor and worsening state of their teeth. \nThis week the government announced a package to try and improve things in England. But did it go anything like far enough to solve the problems of too few dentists being willing or able to treat NHS patients?

David Aaronovitch is joined by the following experts:

Beccy Baird, Senior Fellow, the King\u2019s Fund\nIan Mills, Dentist and Associate Professor of Primary Care Dentistry at the Peninsula Dental School in Plymouth\nThea Stein, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust\nProfessor Claire Stevens CBE, Spokesperson, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry

Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonald\nProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman\nSound: James Beard\nEditor: Richard Vadon