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Why are dental charities picking up the slack in the UK?

BDJ In Practice volume 35, pages 14–18 (2022)Cite this article

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By David Westgarth, editor, BDJ In Practice

  • Increase in dental charities treating patients at home as well as overseas

  • Reasons behind the rise

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  1. Trussell Trust. End of year stats. Available online at: www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/end-year-stats/ (Accessed April 2022).

  2. Daily Telegraph. Dental crisis leaves Britain reliant on charity from the developing world. January 2018. Available online at: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/dental-crisis-leaves-britain-reliant-charity-developing-world/ (Accessed April 2022).

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Westgarth, D. Why are dental charities picking up the slack in the UK?. BDJ In Pract 35, 14–18 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-022-1128-x

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