One woman in her 30s, Boyka, told the researchers: “We don’t have a dentist. It’s crazy. For us, it’s, like, impossible! In Ukraine the dentist industry is huge, you know, everywhere, and because it’s everywhere you just go and it’s like £10, £8, and you can clean it, whiten it like [a] Hollywood smile!
Some British families who have taken in Ukrainian refugees have noted that their guests organise dental appointments during their visits home.
The traditional “british teeth” was the UK’s dental industry focussing on healthy rather than pretty.
Nowadays, it’s caused by underfunded patient slots at dentists.
You can find a private dentist pretty easily, but it’s quite hard to get taken on as an NHS patient (which means when you need treatment for something, you’re not in the capped NHS bands)