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'I make my own dentures'

Only one in ten NHS dentists in the UK is accepting new adult patients according to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News research. That's left some to take matters into their own hands.

Only one in ten NHS dentists in the UK is accepting new adult patients according to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News research. The research also shows no dentists taking on adult NHS patients could be found in a third of the UK's top-tier councils.

That's left some to take matters into their own hands.

For 5 Minutes On, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ producer Ruth Green met Caroline from Blackpool who took the step of moulding and fitting her own dentures because she can't get an appointment with a NHS dentist.

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