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Cost of living and access to dentistry crises: A perfect storm?

BDJ In Practice volume 36, pages 26–27 (2023)Cite this article

One of the worst experiences that anyone can go through is being told that they have mouth cancer. As dental professionals, we are usually at the front line of this process, often being the first who notice suspicious changes in our patients' mouths.

The sad situation is that over the last 20 years, mouth cancer cases have doubled.

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  1. The State of Mouth Cancer UK Report 2022, Oral Health Foundation. Available online at: www.dentalhealth.org/thestateofmouthcancer (accessed October 2023).

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    Nigel Carter

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Carter, N. Cost of living and access to dentistry crises: A perfect storm?. BDJ In Pract 36, 26–27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-023-2191-7

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