More people will have access to NHS dentistry in Plymouth
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Work to build Plymouth's new dental school has started.
The Peninsula Dental School will train 64 dentists each year next to the Cumberland Centre in Devonport, starting in September.
The trust says hundreds of people could be treated by students and more qualified dentists could be practising in Cornwall and Devon in the future.
NHS bosses say dentistry provision is improving with new practices in Exeter, Tavistock, Okehampton and Exmouth.
Since April last year 15,000 more people now have an NHS dentist in the Plymouth area.
An extra seven dentists have also joined practices in Exmouth, Chulmleigh, Torrington, and Exeter.
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