Free dental treatment on the National Health Service (NHS) treatment ended in 1951, just three years after the NHS was formed, because it was deemed unaffordable.
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The vast majority of us opted for the subsidised system (where we paid for some of the costs) as 'private' treatment was too expensive. But over the decades an estimated one in seven adults moved over to private treatment (I'm not sure why ... presumably there are good reasons) ...
