Patients may have to wait until next year for dental treatment because 15 million appointments have been delayed by the coronavirus.
With restrictions still in place, some dentists can see only emergency cases and are not doing routine checkups. Many are carrying out only serious procedures on patients whose teeth have deteriorated from problems “stored up” for months during the lockdown.
“I’ve taken more teeth out from the average patient in the past three months than at any point in my career,” said Mark Green, 49, a dentist in Whitby, North Yorkshire, who has been treating patients for 22 years.
“It’s like going back in time. I saw someone the other day in his twenties who needs 12 teeth out. I’ve removed those that are
