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People in Britain can now their own teeth. They can special dental kits in supermarkets to fillings (called cavities in the USA) and repair caps and crowns. The kits can as little as $7. Many people are these kits because they cannot afford to go to the dentist. The cost of a tooth filled at a dentist in England can cost up to $70, which ten times higher than the price of the dental kit. One of the biggest selling products is a kit called DenTek. Britons around 250,000 of these last year. Britain's Dental Health Foundation (DHF) one in five people in the UK would do DIY dentistry on their own teeth or the teeth of family and friends. DIY dentistry actually pulling out a tooth.

Britain famous for the quality of its free health service. However, this service does not dental work. The fact that DIY dentistry is so quickly in Britain that there is a lot of poverty and inequality in the country. The poorest people cannot afford to go to the dentist. A spokeswoman for a local community in Scotland said: "DIY dentistry is fairly common here. They a lot of those dental kits – you can them in [supermarkets]. And you've got people care of their whole family's teeth." The DHF said many people would rather their money on a haircut or a night out than on their teeth. She different people different importance on visiting the dentist.