Sorry, there is no excuse for this. You can get a private appointment in a week. So we have the staff. The NHS has contributed to the cost of training these dentists. The back log is because Dentist's were told to close there doors because of Covid. The knew there would be problems after Covid in exactly the same way as the rest of the NHS.
Not everyone can afford private. A lot of private dentists don't do NHS work because they don't make money from it, which then means fewer dentists offering NHS treatments
I don’t understand why dentists were all closed during Covid. I desperately needed to see one at the time and ended up losing a tooth and having an emergency appointment. What did the government think? That all the teeth will go on holiday with the dentists? Shameful what they’ve done to us.
And you can see why the Tories are only making cosmetic alterations to dentistry…Denplan the leading private dentistry providers is ultimately owned by HSB Insurance, Singapore which made over 24 billion £’s profit in 2022. Like pet insurance all about extracting as much as they can get away with and letting the rest go to hell. My daughter has been quoted £1584 to have an extraction, root canal and a crown replacement done and been refused by Denplan till she has all her teeth certified as ‘fit’ to be insured: in other words they won’t accept her until she’s likely not to need any work done :-)
Where I live you can not sign up for a dentist. They are not taking new patients. I desperately needed several teeth extracted and I was refused by every dentist I tried. I was forced to go to the dental hospital where trainee dentists took them out. What is happening to our once great national health system?
I don’t mind dental hospitals yes they’re trainees however the teachers who are highly trained monitor them by hovering like flies. I’ve never had bad treatment as such at one and I actually got cavities and fillings that I wouldn’t get at my dentist
@@Boo-pv4hn My experience was I had a dentist who would do checkups for me but she wouldn't do extractions because I have had four heart attacks. I needed to have all my teeth extracted and get dentures. My dentist wrote to the dental hospital and about six months later I got an appointment at the dental hospital. I was given treatment by trainee dentists and I was only given a local anaesthetic. They took out five teeth then a few months later I had to go back and get another five out. It took a year to eventually have them all out. I had two mouth infections for which I was given antibiotics, They also left part of the root in my gums, which had to be taken out at a later date. My dentist will no longer treat me so the problem now is where do I get dentures? Try eating with no teeth, it's not easy.
This channel should be renamed the Flegmatic Statesman. People's health and life are being put at risk by the under funding of dentistry which will cost the country billions in lost productivity.
Phlegmatic attitude is ingrained in the nation's consciousness and has been for a long time... it's not all bad of course but it can lead to apathy "Keep calm and carry on"
. How about fast track training of new dentists ? How about make it law each dentist must offer a minimum number of NHS appointments? Instead it sounds like delay let’s hope the noise goes away after all it’s only poor people who can’t afford the dentist
US dentist here. Fascinating information. I would like the young gentleman to get the bump on the front of his neck checked out. Not his Adams apple, below it and to the right. Maybe it's an ingrown hair or maybe it's something else. He should get it checked out though.
So informative & balanced. I’d have liked to see more criticism towards both political parties. Also, a brief comparison with other European neighbours. Thank you
I like this channel, but wish there would be data and infographics as well as talk. I think the analysis would be stronger and it would be easier for the audience to understand.
If the dental agreement was as rubbish as you say, why was it ever proposed and why was it accepted in 2006? And that’s nearly 20 years ago so why hasn’t this apparently rubbish agreement been changed in all that time?
The health sec at about 12:55 "We know that the dental market has radically changed over the last 15 years or so". That's all you really need to know, because they can't meddle with the free market of course.
Although it was alluded to, it should be highlighted in terms of the figures that up to half of heart attacks and strokes can be linked to poor dental health and the resulting gum disease. A further issue with not having access for basic check-ups is the fact that a majority of oral health problems don't necessarily bring pain therefore people may not even be aware of it meaning the damage goes unnoticed and untreated over prolonged periods of time. From a personal viewpoint, and I would say it is a more general problem dental health or a lack there of has a big effect on food choice and eating habits as well as the impact on a persons confidence etc. Other social impacts are obvious with people taking time off work etc, but even people who struggle through with the pain are going to be less productive and more prone to errors, hence the inability to get to "the root" of the problem creates a ripple that spreads outwards !!
NHS dentists absolutely need to be paid properly. If you need 3 bridges, you should pay 3x Band 3 charges, not one. I've needed a dentist for ages now; I can't get one, and I can't afford private. Slowly getting worse and needing more treatment. To pay 1 Band 2 or Band 3 charge for what I need would be unfair on the dentist
My wife left NHS a couple of years ago. Complete no-brainer for the dentists. The contract is ridiculous. People who completely neglect their oral health over years and take up all their time pay them the same as someone with just some minor work needing doing. No-one else would work that way. NHS only makes sense for initially qualified dentists to get their skills up.
NHS General dentistry is of course on its knees - all dentists have known this for years. But further to the point, access to advanced treatments is almost zero; The funding is not there to provide anything other than a basic service. For example, my area of interest is root canal - if a complex case is presented to a general dental practitioner, there is no avenue to refer these difficult cases to dentists with appropriate training under the NHS, leading to either extraction of the tooth or private dentistry. I can tell you exactly why: the contract given to dentists is very poor and underfunded. The overhead costs to provide root canal are prohibitive under the current contract - the cost given to provide this treatment does not cover the consumables required, staff wages, compliance among other overheads.
I agree but a basic level of dentistry should be available for anyone in the U.K. wherever they live. By basic I mean everything that is covered by an urgent CoT. Only once every can access this, should band 1 be offered and then Band 2a/2b. Until then, provision of advanced dental treatment on the NHS is the least of our worries.
Fairly obvious why we have a problem and you just need to walk past any dentists to see all the adverts for veneers and other cosmetic dentistry.Dentists find this kind of private work much more lucrative than day to day normal dentistry.The problem began a few years before Covid so no point in blaming that.
In my 40,s not seen an NHS dentist since childhood. You don’t get NHS dentistry on PIP in England So private it is. I think there’s one NHS dentist in my current town of Telford, which has the largest population increase in the country
NHS dentistry payment methods of UDAs needs to be less complicated for encouraging more dental clinics to take up NHS patients rather than giving provisional registration to over seas doctors. Also Universities should be encouraged to start more dental surgeon courses rather than name sake dental science courses to tackle root cause.
I have been paying huge amounts in taxes, have not been to a doctor or hospital in years and my only healthcare needs have been dental, yet I was forced to go private due to lack of NHS. It makes my blood boil thinking that all my taxes are going towards the pensions and healthcare needs of a greedy older generation who sneer at my generation even as they exploit us through extortionate rentals, house prices, NIMBY attitudes, xenophobic Brexit-supporting sentiments which has basically lead to the economic suicide of the nation… absolutely sickening. The fact they are old does not mean they should be allowed to get away with it.
Another issue is that if newly qualified dentists go into nhs dentistry then the poor patient is open to inexperienced dentists, rather treatment by dentists that have been in practice for a number of years and also dentists and doctors to understand what ACUTE NONSTOP PAIN really is.
There is no entitlement to dentist in the uk unlike gp doctor where if you dont have one the health service have to employee and allocate one. Irrespective if income or benfits there is no entilement judt entilement to an enitlement card which if you have a nhs dentists they may accept but inlike a gp no enitlement my lib dem mp over 20 years ago in scotland told me this when i was unemployed may be different in england. If you get tummour in your mouth a dentist is meant to refer you there is no free nhs entitlement for nhs check ups.when i hsd a tummour in my mouth i had to threaten to complain to go to get him to refer me to hopital to get it removed . A tummor or infection does care if its in the mouth or other part of body. The only enitlenent for dentists is for pain relieff tooth pulling. Dentist get public sector pensions far less leave than just do little work on nhs. There should enitlement for dentist like gp for low income people. This video as most do missed this ,its not charging issue for many low income peole as there is no enitlemnet what nhs charge is not relevant as even though you could have no charges if had a nhs dentist on income there is no enitlement to a dentist so no dentist so have to go private but employment does not pay enough .
My dentist is a 50 minute bus drive away but I can get quick access to treatment, they’re really good with referrals to dental hospitals and keeping them nice and polished my partner who really needs the treatment multiple fillings and rotten tooth removal however struggles to get one a month and hasn’t helped him on any oral hygiene information I’d say some dentists are just really poor at their jobs .
Was waiting for treatment just before COVID struck was in a very good position to have my if you saw a doubt but then I was pushed aside. Just like everyone else I've forgotten about when I then reached out to contact them to find out what was going on. They told me that I had no prior arrangement or appointments when I pretty much had surgery scheduled to have my teeth removed, but they then told me that there was no such record literally wouldn't of been a big job but now it has gotten that bad I need most of my teeth removing now when there was a good chance of saving my front teeth I literally only have this problem because I had most of my teeth knocked out during an accident
In 2005 public spending as a percentage of GDP was 39%. Today it is around 45%. So the reality is the Tories are spending more than Labour. The problem isn't that the govt is not spending enough, it is that our spending has become geared towards older people due to having an ageing society and also the foolish decision to create the triple lock for state pensions. So we either have to raise taxes on normal people, by pretty major amounts. Or we need to reduce spending on older folk so we can spend more money on other things. This is the fiscal problem Labour or the Tories are afraid to deal with. Labour have, for obvious political reasons, really pushed the Tory under funding narrative but this could be something which really comes back to bite them in power.
NHS dentistry is in a shameful state never mind gender reassignment getbthis fixed. Practicing dentistry should be conditional on having a share of NHS patients .
Public services are far beyond rotten, they’re in a death spiral. I cannot see recovery without massive public investment, and I don’t see any signs that Labour are willing to spend the money necessary to resolve the issue. We have much to blame the Tories for, but it’s one area we should never forgive them for. 14 years of Tory dogma and gross mismanagement of the public finances. They should be prosecuted for gross misconduct in public office.
This problem is not confined to the UK. I have worked for the last 12 years in France and I no longer accept new patients. My appointment book is full until mid July. However most dental problems are preventable. Good diet and good oral hygiene are by and large going to stop you having decay and gum disease. The writing was in the wall when this contract was introduced in 2006. Of the course the government could not care less.
Most dental problems are preventable - if you are a dentist.. (as you say...) OR have regular access to one There are very few people outside of the very lucky and very wealthy that never had ANY dental problems. And often issues not through bad hygiene. Impacted wisdom teeth. Cracked teeth due to a fall as children. Overbite, grinding of teeth during sleep, teeth that need braces, etc. Come on now, get real, "mr dentist" -_-
@@mrD66M Agreed there are things like wisdom teeth, orthodontics( not always a necessity) and fractured teeth that need treated. However tooth decay and periodontal disease are preventable. The single biggest reason for children being admitted to hospital for the administration of a general anaesthetic is for the extraction of rotten teeth. This is down to parental ignorance . You also saw in the report the chap who suffered from depression and was eating all the wrong things which led to his dental problems. People have to take some responsibility for their teeth and health.
@christopherhunter2892 really? Not like the government is on the way to ban things like smoking for people's own health? Why is sugar and sugary drinks any different? Dereliction of duty plain and simple
@@mrD66M The government have not been interested dentistry for years. The existing contract was actually introduced by a Labour Governement. Prevention is key but the government is not interested.
Most dental problems are preventable - if you are a dentist.. or so you say There are very few people outside of the very wealthy that never had ANY dental problems. And often issues not through bad hygiene. Impacted wisdom teeth. Cracked teeth due to a fall as children. Overbite, grinding of teeth during sleep, teeth that need braces, etc. Come on now, get real, "mr dentist" -_-
That’s not the majority of dental problems though. The majority of dental problems are tooth decay and gum disease related, which account for greater than 90% of all dental pathology. Saying that, without access to a dentist how on earth would a patient have the assessment and advice to deal with these problems. Most dental issues are preventable, but with the help of a dental professional.
Thanks for reporting on this. The fact that our teeth are treated in a totally different way to the rest of our body is completely crazy
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Sorry, there is no excuse for this. You can get a private appointment in a week. So we have the staff. The NHS has contributed to the cost of training these dentists. The back log is because Dentist's were told to close there doors because of Covid. The knew there would be problems after Covid in exactly the same way as the rest of the NHS.
Thank you. None of the consequences are seeing should have been a 'surprise'.
The problem was there long before Covid hit.
Not everyone can afford private. A lot of private dentists don't do NHS work because they don't make money from it, which then means fewer dentists offering NHS treatments
@@carlcassidy185 They don’t make money from it, or don’t make as much as they would like? There is a difference.
I don’t understand why dentists were all closed during Covid. I desperately needed to see one at the time and ended up losing a tooth and having an emergency appointment. What did the government think? That all the teeth will go on holiday with the dentists? Shameful what they’ve done to us.
And you can see why the Tories are only making cosmetic alterations to dentistry…Denplan the leading private dentistry providers is ultimately owned by HSB Insurance, Singapore which made over 24 billion £’s profit in 2022. Like pet insurance all about extracting as much as they can get away with and letting the rest go to hell. My daughter has been quoted £1584 to have an extraction, root canal and a crown replacement done and been refused by Denplan till she has all her teeth certified as ‘fit’ to be insured: in other words they won’t accept her until she’s likely not to need any work done :-)
This was a great discussion.
Where I live you can not sign up for a dentist. They are not taking new patients. I desperately needed several teeth extracted and I was refused by every dentist I tried. I was forced to go to the dental hospital where trainee dentists took them out. What is happening to our once great national health system?
I don’t mind dental hospitals yes they’re trainees however the teachers who are highly trained monitor them by hovering like flies. I’ve never had bad treatment as such at one and I actually got cavities and fillings that I wouldn’t get at my dentist
@@Boo-pv4hn My experience was I had a dentist who would do checkups for me but she wouldn't do extractions because I have had four heart attacks. I needed to have all my teeth extracted and get dentures. My dentist wrote to the dental hospital and about six months later I got an appointment at the dental hospital. I was given treatment by trainee dentists and I was only given a local anaesthetic. They took out five teeth then a few months later I had to go back and get another five out. It took a year to eventually have them all out. I had two mouth infections for which I was given antibiotics, They also left part of the root in my gums, which had to be taken out at a later date. My dentist will no longer treat me so the problem now is where do I get dentures? Try eating with no teeth, it's not easy.
This channel should be renamed the Flegmatic Statesman. People's health and life are being put at risk by the under funding of dentistry which will cost the country billions in lost productivity.
Phlegmatic attitude is ingrained in the nation's consciousness and has been for a long time... it's not all bad of course but it can lead to apathy
"Keep calm and carry on"
In Woolwich, London we can’t find an NHS dentist for our 4-year old child, let alone for us as adults. Private only.
You get the cleanest air in the UK., and now you want free dental care as well. Typical London 'we deserve everything' attitude!
Tories will try and blame Sadiq Khan for this as well.
@@captaintorch983typical race to the bottom, crabs in a bucket attitude.
Hope the problem gets fixed soon. Too important to ignore.
And Anoosh is still totally fabulous! ❤🎉😊
You must be having a laff mate! Try to get out more.
. How about fast track training of new dentists ? How about make it law each dentist must offer a minimum number of NHS appointments? Instead it sounds like delay let’s hope the noise goes away after all it’s only poor people who can’t afford the dentist
Only 13 years too late lads. Never mind
US dentist here. Fascinating information. I would like the young gentleman to get the bump on the front of his neck checked out. Not his Adams apple, below it and to the right. Maybe it's an ingrown hair or maybe it's something else. He should get it checked out though.
welcome to private healthcare
Welcome to Tory Britain.
So informative & balanced. I’d have liked to see more criticism towards both political parties. Also, a brief comparison with other European neighbours. Thank you
I was recommended Edgbaston Dental Centre recently actually, thanks for letting me know they're busy, I'll go private instead. X
I like this channel, but wish there would be data and infographics as well as talk. I think the analysis would be stronger and it would be easier for the audience to understand.
Excellent point.
If the dental agreement was as rubbish as you say, why was it ever proposed and why was it accepted in 2006? And that’s nearly 20 years ago so why hasn’t this apparently rubbish agreement been changed in all that time?
The health sec at about 12:55 "We know that the dental market has radically changed over the last 15 years or so". That's all you really need to know, because they can't meddle with the free market of course.
Although it was alluded to, it should be highlighted in terms of the figures that up to half of heart attacks and strokes can be linked to poor dental health and the resulting gum disease. A further issue with not having access for basic check-ups is the fact that a majority of oral health problems don't necessarily bring pain therefore people may not even be aware of it meaning the damage goes unnoticed and untreated over prolonged periods of time.
From a personal viewpoint, and I would say it is a more general problem dental health or a lack there of has a big effect on food choice and eating habits as well as the impact on a persons confidence etc. Other social impacts are obvious with people taking time off work etc, but even people who struggle through with the pain are going to be less productive and more prone to errors, hence the inability to get to "the root" of the problem creates a ripple that spreads outwards !!
In a dental surgery I attended 2 people have traveled down from Bude for their appointments, a round trip of 200km.
NHS dentists absolutely need to be paid properly. If you need 3 bridges, you should pay 3x Band 3 charges, not one. I've needed a dentist for ages now; I can't get one, and I can't afford private. Slowly getting worse and needing more treatment. To pay 1 Band 2 or Band 3 charge for what I need would be unfair on the dentist
Yes, I think this is fair and could work for both dentists and patients who can’t afford private.
85 bupa dentist practices are to close in the uk due to not being able to provide nhs dentists. 2 closed in my area.
My wife left NHS a couple of years ago. Complete no-brainer for the dentists. The contract is ridiculous. People who completely neglect their oral health over years and take up all their time pay them the same as someone with just some minor work needing doing. No-one else would work that way. NHS only makes sense for initially qualified dentists to get their skills up.
NHS General dentistry is of course on its knees - all dentists have known this for years. But further to the point, access to advanced treatments is almost zero; The funding is not there to provide anything other than a basic service. For example, my area of interest is root canal - if a complex case is presented to a general dental practitioner, there is no avenue to refer these difficult cases to dentists with appropriate training under the NHS, leading to either extraction of the tooth or private dentistry. I can tell you exactly why: the contract given to dentists is very poor and underfunded. The overhead costs to provide root canal are prohibitive under the current contract - the cost given to provide this treatment does not cover the consumables required, staff wages, compliance among other overheads.
I agree but a basic level of dentistry should be available for anyone in the U.K. wherever they live. By basic I mean everything that is covered by an urgent CoT. Only once every can access this, should band 1 be offered and then Band 2a/2b. Until then, provision of advanced dental treatment on the NHS is the least of our worries.
Fairly obvious why we have a problem and you just need to walk past any dentists to see all the adverts for veneers and other cosmetic dentistry.Dentists find this kind of private work much more lucrative than day to day normal dentistry.The problem began a few years before Covid so no point in blaming that.
In my 40,s not seen an NHS dentist since childhood.
You don’t get NHS dentistry on PIP in England
So private it is.
I think there’s one NHS dentist in my current town of Telford, which has the largest population increase in the country
NHS dentistry payment methods of UDAs needs to be less complicated for encouraging more dental clinics to take up NHS patients rather than giving provisional registration to over seas doctors. Also Universities should be encouraged to start more dental surgeon courses rather than name sake dental science courses to tackle root cause.
I have been paying huge amounts in taxes, have not been to a doctor or hospital in years and my only healthcare needs have been dental, yet I was forced to go private due to lack of NHS. It makes my blood boil thinking that all my taxes are going towards the pensions and healthcare needs of a greedy older generation who sneer at my generation even as they exploit us through extortionate rentals, house prices, NIMBY attitudes, xenophobic Brexit-supporting sentiments which has basically lead to the economic suicide of the nation… absolutely sickening. The fact they are old does not mean they should be allowed to get away with it.
Another issue is that if newly qualified dentists go into nhs dentistry then the poor patient is open to inexperienced dentists, rather treatment by dentists that have been in practice for a number of years and also dentists and doctors to understand what ACUTE NONSTOP PAIN really is.
The situation is dire and has been for a long time now… not sure why you’re covering it now.
There is no entitlement to dentist in the uk unlike gp doctor where if you dont have one the health service have to employee and allocate one. Irrespective if income or benfits there is no entilement judt entilement to an enitlement card which if you have a nhs dentists they may accept but inlike a gp no enitlement my lib dem mp over 20 years ago in scotland told me this when i was unemployed may be different in england. If you get tummour in your mouth a dentist is meant to refer you there is no free nhs entitlement for nhs check ups.when i hsd a tummour in my mouth i had to threaten to complain to go to get him to refer me to hopital to get it removed . A tummor or infection does care if its in the mouth or other part of body. The only enitlenent for dentists is for pain relieff tooth pulling. Dentist get public sector pensions far less leave than just do little work on nhs. There should enitlement for dentist like gp for low income people. This video as most do missed this ,its not charging issue for many low income peole as there is no enitlemnet what nhs charge is not relevant as even though you could have no charges if had a nhs dentist on income there is no enitlement to a dentist so no dentist so have to go private but employment does not pay enough .
My dentist is a 50 minute bus drive away but I can get quick access to treatment, they’re really good with referrals to dental hospitals and keeping them nice and polished my partner who really needs the treatment multiple fillings and rotten tooth removal however struggles to get one a month and hasn’t helped him on any oral hygiene information I’d say some dentists are just really poor at their jobs .
what? it looks like my dentist is still having a good time since the 80s when I joined with my family as a kid
Was waiting for treatment just before COVID struck was in a very good position to have my if you saw a doubt but then I was pushed aside. Just like everyone else I've forgotten about when I then reached out to contact them to find out what was going on. They told me that I had no prior arrangement or appointments when I pretty much had surgery scheduled to have my teeth removed, but they then told me that there was no such record literally wouldn't of been a big job but now it has gotten that bad I need most of my teeth removing now when there was a good chance of saving my front teeth I literally only have this problem because I had most of my teeth knocked out during an accident
Some TWCs offer better and cheaper dentistry than the UK.
Private dentists only in North Wales :(
In 2005 public spending as a percentage of GDP was 39%. Today it is around 45%. So the reality is the Tories are spending more than Labour. The problem isn't that the govt is not spending enough, it is that our spending has become geared towards older people due to having an ageing society and also the foolish decision to create the triple lock for state pensions. So we either have to raise taxes on normal people, by pretty major amounts. Or we need to reduce spending on older folk so we can spend more money on other things. This is the fiscal problem Labour or the Tories are afraid to deal with. Labour have, for obvious political reasons, really pushed the Tory under funding narrative but this could be something which really comes back to bite them in power.
Labour introduced this, the Tories ran with it. Wes Streeting, Labour health, wants more privatisation. Who can we vote for to save our health care?
NHS dentistry is in a shameful state never mind gender reassignment getbthis fixed.
Practicing dentistry should be conditional on having a share of NHS patients .
... Make oral heath a greater part of education along with self care in general?
Public services are far beyond rotten, they’re in a death spiral. I cannot see recovery without massive public investment, and I don’t see any signs that Labour are willing to spend the money necessary to resolve the issue. We have much to blame the Tories for, but it’s one area we should never forgive them for. 14 years of Tory dogma and gross mismanagement of the public finances. They should be prosecuted for gross misconduct in public office.
This problem is not confined to the UK. I have worked for the last 12 years in France and I no longer accept new patients. My appointment book is full until mid July.
However most dental problems are preventable. Good diet and good oral hygiene are by and large going to stop you having decay and gum disease. The writing was in the wall when this contract was introduced in 2006. Of the course the government could not care less.
Most dental problems are preventable - if you are a dentist.. (as you say...) OR have regular access to one
There are very few people outside of the very lucky and very wealthy that never had ANY dental problems. And often issues not through bad hygiene. Impacted wisdom teeth. Cracked teeth due to a fall as children. Overbite, grinding of teeth during sleep, teeth that need braces, etc.
Come on now, get real, "mr dentist"
-_-
@@mrD66M
Agreed there are things like wisdom teeth, orthodontics( not always a necessity) and fractured teeth that need treated. However tooth decay and periodontal disease are preventable. The single biggest reason for children being admitted to hospital for the administration of a general anaesthetic is for the extraction of rotten teeth. This is down to parental ignorance .
You also saw in the report the chap who suffered from depression and was eating all the wrong things which led to his dental problems.
People have to take some responsibility for their teeth and health.
@christopherhunter2892 really? Not like the government is on the way to ban things like smoking for people's own health? Why is sugar and sugary drinks any different?
Dereliction of duty plain and simple
@@mrD66M The government have not been interested dentistry for years. The existing contract was actually introduced by a Labour Governement. Prevention is key but the government is not interested.
@@christopherhunter2892 Ah yes, people with depression should just pull themselves together.
Did you know there are people actually returning to the Ukraine, a war zone, because they can't get dental treatment here?
See what you did there with “rot” just in case we missed it. Hilarious.
Tories
Most dental problems are preventable - if you are a dentist.. or so you say
There are very few people outside of the very wealthy that never had ANY dental problems. And often issues not through bad hygiene. Impacted wisdom teeth. Cracked teeth due to a fall as children. Overbite, grinding of teeth during sleep, teeth that need braces, etc.
Come on now, get real, "mr dentist"
-_-
That’s not the majority of dental problems though. The majority of dental problems are tooth decay and gum disease related, which account for greater than 90% of all dental pathology.
Saying that, without access to a dentist how on earth would a patient have the assessment and advice to deal with these problems.
Most dental issues are preventable, but with the help of a dental professional.
My post was meant as a reply to another comment - that said I agree with you