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- The NHS has lost dental practices, shrinking public dental access nationwide.
- British Dental Association chair Shiv Pabary blames successive governments for the decline.
- One in ten NHS dental practices stopped NHS care since 2017, reducing the share from 65% to 56% by 2026.
- Health and Social Care Department says reforms will add 1.8 million treatments and require new dentists to serve three NHS years.
