内容摘要：She rule out X-ray technology because of the fragile nature of the books being examined and instead looked to the geology department.

She rule out X-ray technology because of the fragile nature of the books being examined and instead looked to the geology department.

If they need treatment, they would remain with that surgery until it is complete and beyond, if they needed close monitoring.If or when teeth are healthy, patients would be returned to the central portal and would be recalled for a check-up in 18 to 24 months wherever there is space.

Children would be assessed under the plans but stay at the first surgery they are allocated.Some charges for patients would also change - with check-ups going up from £20 to £24.75 but a single crown going down from £260 to £239.15.Health Minister Jeremy Miles said the plans would benefit everyone.

"It will make NHS dentistry more attractive to dentists and that is good for patients," he said."Actually, what we want to make sure is that patients do look after their own oral health but when they do need to see a dentist they will be able to access one which is the critical thing."

Jody Pegler, 46, from Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly county, who has been with his dentist in Newbridge for more than 30 years, said: "I have been coming here since I was a child.

"It's nice to see the same person on a regular basis.""This whole debacle has caused needless misery for millions of pensioners," she said.

The decision to means-test the previously universal payment was one of the first announcements by the chancellor after Labour's landslide election victory last year.The practicalities of changing the system again are complicated. One option would be a system in which people on certain incomes can make a claim.

Clawing back a payment via the tax system for those on higher incomes is another possibility.The government has yet to outline which mechanics it intends to use to enact its change of policy.