Vital signs boost for dentistry

112,000 back our petition demanding Government reverse Tories' NHS cuts

- BY MARTIN BAGOT

MORE than 100,000 people have signed a Mirror petition demanding the Government reverses over a decade of Tory cuts so people can get an NHS dentist again.

Our Dentists for All campaign has highlighted that the £3billion funding for dentistry in England is only enough for half the population to get a dentist when needed.

The crisis has even led to people in pain being forced to rip their own teeth out.

Now 112,000 people have signed a petition demanding "Fund NHS dentistry NOW" - which will be given to Government tomorrow.

A quarter of the adult population - or 14 million people in England - are living with an "unmet need" for dentistry.