NHS: Millions of children cannot get a dentist appointment - and it's even worse for adults

Millions of children in England were not seen by an NHS dentist last year, new figures show.

Data obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that 4.4m children in England were not seen by an NHS dentist in the year to June 2023.

This equates to 39 per cent of all children. The figures, from the House of Commons Library, show that in the east of England only half of children have seen an NHS dentist in the last year.