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Scots Labour leader Anas Sarwar, a former dentist himself, said Scotland was "staring down the barrel" on our oral health due to a "broken" funding model.

- VIVIENNE AITKEN

Addressing the Conference of Scottish Local Dental Committees in Stirling yesterday, Sarwar said: "Having served in our NHS as a dentist, I know first-hand the importance, both medically and socially, of access to first-class dental care but under the SNP, NHS dental care is under threat.

"Despite all the SNP Government's promises, we are looking down the barrel at a two-tier dentistry system where those with the ability to pay opt to go private and those without the means going without.