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The North-South divide in our dental health

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Dentists have warned that there are “scandalous” dental health inequalities across the country.

Experts say the gap between people's tooth and gum hygiene in the north and south is likely to widen because of the pandemic.

They say the cumulative impact of sugar-rich lockdown diets, poor access to care and the suspension of public health programmes (many operated via schools) will come at a terrible cost to both adults and children in our most deprived communities.

Nationally, NHS dentists performed 9.3 million fillings and fissure sealants on adults and 3.6 million on children across England in 2019/20.

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