> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/16/AR2007101
> 601194.html
>
> LONDON -- A shortage of National Health Service dentists in England has
> led some people to pull out their own teeth _ or use super glue to stick
> crowns back on, a study says.
>
> Many dentists abandoned Britain's publicly funded health care system
> after reforms backfired, leaving a growing number of Britons without
> access to affordable care.
>
> "I was not surprised to hear those horror stories," said Celestine
> Bridgeman, 41, of London. "Trying to find good NHS dentists is like
> trying to hit the lottery because the service is underfunded."
>
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>
> 'nuff said.
>
> regards,
> PolishKnight