Why is this Government, which is supposed to be looking after us, so lacking in ideas on how to solve the problem of the private dentist?

It's quite simple, all private dentists should be made to pay for a licence to practise. I suggest a fee of from £1,000 to £2,000 a week would be a good figure to start with.

Everyone needs a dentist at some time or another and it should be at an affordable cost.

On the other hand, NHS dentists' licences would be free under their terms of contract.

Wake up Whitehall, stop running around in circles and do something useful for a change.

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