title: NHS dentistry in the United Kingdom: past, present and future. A personal view.
abstract: The National Health Service (NHS) was created in 1948 to provide both medical and dental healthcare for the UK resident population based on need, not the ability to pay. Between 1948 and 2006 NHS dentistry improvement in oral health of the has made a huge contribution to the population of the UK.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000266:history; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom