Problems in dentistry

Why are there no more dentists in the NHS?

• Not enough patients

• NHS's problem: dentists are too understaffed and underpaid

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  Going private earns more money

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  Private feels more respectable

What are one of the main concerns that people face when they cannot find a dentist

• Anxiety - stress that they have a problem that cannot be treated

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• Save money

• Risk patient health: patients aren't able to get treatment so they act in such a way that they are posing risk for themselves

What was the charity in the video mentioned that helped the people living in the rural area who lacked dental care?

• Charitable smiles; use already established dental practices around the nation and their infrastructure.

   These practices and their participating clinicians volunteer to service our patients

• Dentaid; organisation that operates on mobile dental units

• Sunstar foundation; non-profit, charitable foundation that promotes understanding of the relationship between oral and general health

• Livingwell Dental group

What is the main private dentistry problem in Australia?

• Dentists treat patients too rudely

• Over-servicing

• Too many oral health diseases

• Lack of funding

Which is not cause of long waiting times in the NHS ?

• Workforce shortages

• Priroritisation of cases

• Limited resources

• High efficiency and productivity

Why is there a lack of funds in the NHS ?

• Cheap workforce costs

• Ageing population

• Increase in death rates

• Lack of taxation

Roughly, how many dentists in England have stopped providing NHS services

• 300

• 2000

• 3000

• 3500

What is the long-form of UDA?

• Units of Dental Costs

• Ulster Defense Association

• Units of Dental Activity (correct)

• United Democratic Alliance

What is the effect of time constraints of dentists on patients?

• Less accurate diagnosis

• Shorter appointment times

• More dangerous

• Nervous patients

What is the problem of Units of Dental Activity NHS contract ?

• More emphasis on preventive dentistry

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  Longer appointment times

• Dentists focus on quantity over quality to reach target

• motivated dentists