Woman takes 200 mile-round trips for dentist appointment
BBC NewsGeorgia Wellings, 22, has been unable to get an appointment in south Wales for five years.
"I'm making a conscious effort to look after my teeth a lot more in the event that I can't afford private dentists fees and emergency dental fees. Sarah Dickinson, 56, from Caernarfon, said she also tried and failed to get on an NHS waiting list after she and her husband moved from Halifax, Yorkshire.Image caption,
Mrs Dickinson and her husband have to live off about £900 a month after she was forced to retire early because of ill health.Sarah Dickinson says she can't get an NHS appointment despite having two broken teeth"We are in despair, as our teeth are only going to get worse," she added.She moved to Cardiff in 2019 and ended up travelling back to her home city of Leeds to see an NHS dentist.
Ms Manson said she thinks "oral hygiene is very important and should be a service that everyone is entitled to easily".
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