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BDA criticises long wait times for tooth extractions in Scotland

31st July 2017

The British Dental Association (BDA) has criticised the long waiting times that many children with tooth decay in Scotland are facing when trying to get teeth extracted.

Provisional figures on hospital waiting times obtained by the organisation have indicated that up to 400 children in Greater Glasgow and Clyde are stuck on waiting lists for dental treatment for up to six months.

Meanwhile, in Forth Valley, Highland and Dumfries and Galloway, waiting times range from between 12 weeks and six months, due to a squeeze on hospital funding and theatre time for paediatric dental cases.

Additionally, figures from Scotland's National Dental Inspection Programme have shown that although 69 percent of five-year-olds have no obvious signs of tooth decay, health trends tend to vary according to people's economic backgrounds.

As such, only 55 percent of children from the most deprived areas are free from tooth decay, compared with 82 percent from the least deprived.

Pat Kilpatrick, national director of the BDA in Scotland, said: "While Scotland has made some progress in improving children's dental health, much more still needs to be done, and this is no excuse for neglecting those vulnerable children most in need of dental care."

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