Claim: One in five patients delay going to the dentist because they can't afford to see one - meaning 100,000 end up in hospital with preventable problems with their teeth.
Fact-check: Labour draws unsubstantiated link between dental costs and hospital admissions - Full Fact
Verdict: it's not possible to connect all these cases directly to people not being able to afford dental care. the "one in five" figure is also a decade old and we don't have newer figures.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2019-11-18T00:00:00