Denied dental care

sir – The NHS is in denial over the state of dental services (report, May 25). I have a client who has lost half her teeth due to four pregnancies and is unable to eat anything substantial.

She is in fairly constant pain and her mental health is suffering because she is embarrassed to be seen in public. She cares for three school-age children and cannot get help, despite repeated attempts to find an NHS dentist.

Are we still in the Middle Ages? Gillian Powell

Oswestry, Shropshire