Getting more children the dental care they need sooner
Thousands of children suffering from painful teeth problems across London will get speedier access to dental surgery, thanks to the NHS’s new Project Tooth Fairy.
From today, a dedicated new surgical centre at The Royal London Dental Hospital is treating children and young people from across the capital who have been waiting too long for operations to remove problem teeth or perform multiple fillings.
The hospital plans to do more than 1,000 extra operations over the next six months, using the first tranche of an £11 million investment by NHS England to target children and young people whose planned treatment was delayed by the pandemic.
