Three in four dentists (75%) in the early stages of their careers say the COVID-19 pandemic has had a ‘significant and negative impact on their dental training.’
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The plight of a town with around 6,000 inhabitants which has been deprived of NHS dental services for twelve months was highlighted on Friday.
A snapshot of UK dentistry shows an example of the profession at its best, as well as more familiar difficulties.
In a ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story, NHS spokespeople pulled out, at the last minute, from attending a specially convened meeting of Derby City Council’s Adult and Health Scrutiny Review Board which had been convened to discuss city councillor’s grave concerns surrounding access to NHS dental services.
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The announcement earlier this year of £50M to fund thousands upon thousands of urgent dental care appointments provided ministers and apologists with a perfect retort to fend off MPs and the public’s legitimate concerns about access to NHS dental services. How many patients it actually helped is rather more obscure.
An article written by a respected dentist and academic has received widespread social media plaudits for the way it encapsulates the feelings of many UK practitioners regarding dental litigation and the General Dental Council.
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