Sarika Shah discusses the biggest gaps in dental education and how they could be filled with an overhaul of the current system.
When I look at the profession today – both as a clinician and as someone who supports women in dentistry – I keep coming back to one truth: dental education in the UK hasn’t kept up with the profession we’re actually working in. We’ve evolved, our patients have evolved, the demands of practice ownership have evolved… yet our training still sits heavily rooted in a model that served a different era.
For me, this isn’t about criticism; it’s about responsibility. If we want dentists – especially newly qualified ones – to thrive rather than simply survive, we have to be honest about what’s missing.
The parts of dental education that feel antiquated
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