Brits are flying to Ukraine for dental treatment because of the ever-worsening NHS crisis.
Industry leaders and MPs have warned that patients have been left with no option but to jet out to the war-torn nation after being unable to get help in the UK.
The crisis in NHS dentistry has been brewing for years, with some Brits even forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers.
Others have queued from 4am to gain a spot at dentistry practices
One in five Britons are resorting to ‘DIY dentistry’ due to a drought of NHS dental appointments, a shocking poll suggests.
Some of the methods desperate people have resorted to include pulling blackened teeth out with pliers, to making homemade false teeth with resin and superglue.
It is the latest sign of the ongoing NHS dental crisis in the UK, which has left people no choice but to pay huge private fees or go without.
The Liberal Democrat-commissioned poll found
Dr Trishala Lakhani has a wide smile and beautiful teeth. Beauty queen teeth, you could say, with some accuracy. Because as well as being an NHS dentist, the 26-year-old is a bona fide beauty queen.
She started entering pageants while studying in London, and was a finalist in Miss Universe GB this year.
Her teeth reflect both her job and her hobby. They are gleaming white, straight and very even. Could they be improved, though?
Well, for a BBC documentary
With pain throbbing through her lower jaw, author Hilary Freeman made countless calls in an attempt to secure an urgent appointment with a dentist.
Hilary, 50, had developed toothache in her lower right molar in January this year after biting down on a hard piece of food — but her usual NHS dentist said that, as she hadn’t had an appointment with them in the past two years, they wouldn’t prioritise seeing her.
With other local dentists either closed or
