The threat to patients from Dentists who try to fit in too many customers has been overlooked according to one of the many Dentists who contacted the website after our investigation on Five. He says that the General Dental Council has been practising `supervised neglect`and believes that the work load on NHS Dentists is unethical and dangerous for quality patient care.

It is impossible to maintain standards when the average UK Dentist has over 1500 patients on his books."It has become normal for Dentists to sometimes have many times that number. I used to be a proud member of what used to be a respected profession. I now feel I am continually let down both nationaly and locally by a profession that is more concerned by image and where the next gin and tonic is coming from"... than patient care.