How Did British Dental Care Get So Awful? | Novara Media

Even before the pandemic, Britain had a relatively low number of dentists: in 2019, the country had the fewest per 100,000 residents of any G7 country (53), substantially lower than countries like Italy (82) and Germany (86). Britain’s dentistry practices were already having to serve far more patients per dentist than other countries, and Covid-19 stretched them to breaking point.

After the pandemic began, and the lockdowns prevented dentist practices from operating (except to perform emergency treatment), the total number of NHS dentists fell by 4% in a single year; in total, the NHS has lost over 1,000 dentists since 2019.

Feels like we’d be lucky to even get this guy in this country.