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Epilepsy campaigners lobby NHS to fund dental treatment for sufferers who injure teeth during seizures
The NHS must provide free dental repairs for people who damage their teeth as a result of epileptic seizures, charity campaigners have urged. Half of those who have suffered dental injuries from an epileptic seizure, such as broken or chipped teeth, have not had them repaired due to the steep cost of treatment, according to the Epilepsy Society. The British charity added that, as a result, many patients are now permanently missing teeth. ‘If a person breaks their nose, arm or leg as a result of a seizure, the injury will be repaired for free on the NHS,’ says Clare Pelham, chief executive at Epilepsy Society. ‘But if they break their teeth – and many with epilepsy do – they are expected to

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