What will change about going to the dentist?

Dental practices in England will be able to reopen from June 8.

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Dental practices in England will be able to reopen from June 8, chief dental officer Sara Hurley said on Thursday.

The announcement has raised questions over what this will mean for dentists as well as those of us who are due a checkup.

– What will happen on June 8?

Dr Hannah Woolnough, a general dentist in Ipswich, told the PA news agency that urgent patients would be prioritised as surgeries reopen, after closing on March 25.

She said: “The phone has been ringing off the hook at the practice because people want to book in their check-ups for June 8.

“We’re not going to be doing check-ups on June 8, we might be taking a couple of teeth out for patients who really need extractions, because they’ve been in pain for weeks, but we’re not going to be doing routine care.”