SCOTLAND'S dental crisis has sparked a trebling of calls to NHS 24 about toothache and other oral problems.
A lack of NHS dental appointments has seen calls to the 24-hour emergency advice service rocket from 25,509 in 2018-2019 to 67,189 in 2022-2023.
Meanwhile, waiting lists for oral surgery around the country have lengthened.
In Lanarkshire, the average waiting time for surgery has risen from five weeks in 2019-2020 to 44 weeks in 2022-23 a 780 per cent increase.
Among other sharp rises are surgery times in Ayrshire and Arran, where there was an average of 12 weeks but last year that hit 42 weeks.
This story is from the October 31, 2023 edition of Daily Record.
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