The European referendum: A dentist’s professional view
Today Britain goes to the polls to make one of the most important political decisions in modern history. Whether or not to leave the European Union has dominated the news channels, papers and dinner table conversation for months with countless arguments, most sensible, some not so, being made on both sides of the campaign.
This is also true within the world of dentistry, a recent survey found that more than 55 per cent of dentists intended voting for Britain to remain in the EU, while 44 per cent were in favour of a Brexit.
Dentistry is a profession which often is at the forefront of trends; it innovates, evolves and matures to whatever circumstances it faces. The Oral Health Foundation therefore thought it would be a good idea to get a dentist’s professional view on what effects leaving the EU may have on a dentist’s day to day work.
Ben Atkins, a trustee of the Oral Health Foundation and principal dentist at Revive Dental Care, gave his view on how leaving the EU will affect dentistry.
Q. How will leaving the European Union affect NHS dental services?
A. We cannot say for sure as everything is hypothetical, but one of the major impacts we could foresee would be a change in where dentists working within the UK come from.
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