People tell us the last time they went to the dentist

By Farida Refaat and Zoe Madden-Smith

The first time Rongopai saw a dentist he was in prison.

He was 25 and says he didn’t go earlier because he never thought he needed to but once he got to prison he had to have six teeth taken out during his six-year sentence. 

Since being out of prison, he has needed to go back to the dentist but hasn’t gone because he can’t afford to. 

“I don’t have spare money just to go to the dentist,” he says. “If it was free, fucking oath, I’m there.”

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