Nataliia Zavalniuk, 39, and daughter Viktoriia, 14, returned to Vinnytsia, in central Ukraine, on April 16 2023, where Viktoriia received the dental care she needed 'within a few days'.
Ratios have soared by a fifth on pre-pandemic levels in some areas in England, piling pressure on overwhelmed practices that are already juggling thousands of patients.
Chris Langston, from Oswestry in Shropshire, was left in agony after his back molar became loose, causing pain when he was eating, drinking and even talking.
Revealed as part of the Government's long-awaited dental recovery plan the fluoride expansion will see an initial 1.6million people having the mineral added to their drinking supply.
The crisis in NHS dentistry has been brewing for years, with some Brits forced to pull out their own teeth. One even went to war-stricken Ukraine because it was half the price of paying privately.
In scenes illustrating the appointments crisis plaguing the country, hundreds lined up outside Saint Pauls Dental Practice in Bristol on Monday and Tuesday.
Brits have complained of having to wait years for an appointment, pulling out their own teeth with pliers and travelling abroad after finding it impossible to get an NHS appointment.
Patients have been left with no choice but to jet out to the warzone after being unable to secure dental treatment in the UK, industry leaders have warned.
Hundreds of people are in a horrific six-hour queue at a new dental practice in Bristol in the hope if securing an appointment with an NHS dentist in scenes that been likened to the USSR.