With many struggling to access dental care across the country, finding a practice that will accept NHS patients has become increasingly difficult.

Earlier this year, St Albans MP Daisy Cooper wrote of the "enormous challenges" of finding an NHS dentist in the area.

"Childhood should be the time when we start little people on good habits and good health" she began, "instead, 70 children a day have teeth removed in hospital".

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With that in mind, here's our list of every NHS dentist in St Albans and Harpenden, and whether they are taking on new patients at this time.

St Albans

  • Maltings Dental Surgery - Accepting all entitled to free dental care
  • Russell Avenue Dental Practice - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • 21 Dental - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • St Albans Orthodontic Centre - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • Alexander House - Accepting all entitled to free dental care
  • St Albans Orthodontics - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • Victoria Dental Clinic - Accepting children aged 17 or under
  • Spectrum Associates (London) Limited - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • Dental Beauty St Albans - Not accepting new NHS patients
  • St Albans Dental Clinic - Accepting all entitled to free dental care
  • High Oaks Dental Practice - Unknown
  • Rabin Mr GK & Associate - Unknown
  • Jersey Farm Dental Practice - Not accepting new NHS patients

Harpenden

  • Harpenden Orthodontics - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • Bramwell Dental Practice - Not accepting new NHS patients
  • Mbrace Orthodontics - Only taking new NHS patients for specialist dental care by referral
  • Bowers Way Dental Surgery - Unknown
  • Mr Roderick P Ingham, Mr Jose F Angelo and Mr Stephen W Cowl - Accepting all entitled to free dental care
  • Southdown Dental Clinic - Not accepting new NHS patients

The full list for every area can be found at: www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist.