Today I had the great privilege of joining the Dental Leadership Network meeting hosted by the GDC. The theme ‘Workforce – How many dental professionals are enough?’ was explored by a number of dental leaders including the BDA, CDO’s, academics, educators, dental groups, public health and dental associations to name just a few.
The great news is we have full employment across dentistry, but the resulting challenge is how do we entice more dental professionals to work within populations rather than just location? Lots of great debate around education, skill mix, scope of practice and workforce issues.
One suggestion was that Dentistry needs to be more of a team sport. To do this dental professionals have to not only think about their own role, but how they leverage the roles of the wider dental team. This extends to the dental industry as a team player in improving oral health. #DentalLeaders