Experts have warned that there is a still a shortage of affordable dental treatment in all communities across the country, and said deprived and rural communities were being left behind New analysis showed that no local authority area has more than one dentist providing NHS treatment per 1,000 people. (Image: Getty Images)

Millions of Brits are suffering from the ongoing crisis of ‘ dental deserts ’ - with those in poor and rural areas the worst off. ‌

New analysis showed that no local authority area has more than one dentist providing NHS treatment per 1,000 people. ‌

And the findings from the Local Government Association (LGA) showed rural and poorer areas struggled to access treatment the most. ‌

People living in areas with the poorest health outcomes were less l

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