The DHSC said the 10-year plan for the NHS in England – a document which delves into the wider issue of healthcare across the country – includes improvements on dentistry.
A spokesperson said: “This government inherited a broken NHS dental system, but we’re getting on with fixing it through our plan.”
Meanwhile a spokesperson from Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board said: “There are measures in place across the south west to increase dental access for patients.
“These include commissioning additional urgent dental care that can be accessed by calling NHS 111, providing additional children’s orthodontic capacity and promoting oral health improvement initiatives, such as the supervised toothbrushing programmes taking place in local schools.”
The ICB also says there is no geographical restriction on dental practices taking NHS patients, meaning people can look further out their towns or villages.