EDINBURGH, Scotland: As access to publicly funded dental healthcare continues to deteriorate for many people across the UK, the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on 20 May released a critical declaration setting out a range of measures it recommends to curb the crisis. The current situation is the result of a tightening of National Health Service (NHS) funding, which has led to reduced availability of appointments and stress among overloaded clinicians.