British Dentists Rank as the Most Expensive in Europe

British dentists are charging more for dental care than in any other country in Europe, a survey by the Institute for Medical Technology Assessment at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, revealed.

The Independent noted that in March last year two million people in the UK were not able to access dental treatment on the NHS.

Yet during a Labor Party Conference speech in 1999, then-prime minister Tony Blair had said everyone would have NHS dental treatment. The survey showed that the cheapest countries for getting dental care are Poland (€18 or £13.48) and Hungary (€8).

Recently the British Dental Association’s chief executive Peter Ward said that he welcomed the news that the government is to increase the NHS dentistry budget for the commissioning of primary care dental services.