People resorting to DIY dentistry due to lack of NHS places in Somerset
The Guardian|May 10, 2022
Many patients in south-west England are being left in dental pain because they are unable to register for NHS care, with some so desperate that they are even resorting to DIY treatment, it has emerged.
- Steven Morris, Alfie Packham
People resorting to DIY dentistry due to lack of NHS places in Somerset

The charity Healthwatch Somerset has reported it is almost impossible for a new patient to register for an NHS dentist in the county, leading to adults and children living in agony, self-treating or travelling for help.

Cases on its books include a woman who got her husband to pierce an abscess because she could not find NHS treatment. "I was in tears with the pain and got my husband to burst the abscess with a needle and I then had a mouthwash with warm water and salt," she said.

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