There may be no future for NHS dentistry unless dental practices get more government funding, warns TheBDA in Northern Ireland:
Dentists could be losing money on most active NHS treatments they perform, the British Dental Association in Northern Ireland has said.
In 2022, a BBC investigation found nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK were not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. But according to BDA NI, those fees are likely being outstripped by what it costs to provide the treatments - meaning dentists are making a loss.Image caption,Ciara Gallagher, chair of the BDA's Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee, runs a dental practice in Downpatrick, County Down.
"The increase in fees is not matching those increases in costs. What has happened is the fees have gone up a little bit, but we've come to this point where the cost to provide care is now more than we are being paid for that care." Likewise, to perform one amalgam filling with one surface and the anaesthetic required, the government pays a dental practice £11.18.
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