Hundreds of dentists leave Greece
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- Published: Thursday, 03 October 2013 12:25
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According to President of Athens Dental Association Athanassios Yfantis, nearly 600 dentists have left the country due to financial crisis affecting their profession. “Dentistry has been significantly damaged by the long-standing crisis. Dental human resources migrating abroad every year is constantly increasing and regards all age groups,” Yfantis said.
Yfantis also called on the Greek government “to support dentistry and young scientists,” who are forced to leave their country as a result of economic meltdown. This is while medical workers in Greece warned that additional cuts to the country’s health sector could cause permanent damage to the already struggling public healthcare. The public health budget has been cut by 25 percent and spending on medicine by one-third during 2010 and 2011 to 3.75 billion euros.
Population to (active) dentist ratio: 794 in 2008
Number of dentists: 14,126
Most dentists in private practice
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