One impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is that of effect on dental care provision. As a person on a low income, we rely on NHS dental services as we cannot afford to go private. As a parent to 3 boys, I am proud that non of them have fillings and my eldest are now 24 and 22 and take care of themselves now. But during the pandemic routine appointments for check up and therefore preventative care have been suspended. The situation now is that we - me and my 16 year old haven't had a check-up for approximately 2 year now. And my 16 year old has now started developing toothache. The earliest appointment is for 5th August 2021 - 11 weeks away. If I could afford to pay privately, this would not be an issue and my son would stand a better chance of preserving his teeth, which we have managed to do up until now. Low income should not equate with increased fillings and loss of teeth. Preventative dental health and medicine in general is worth it's weight in gold.
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