If you ever wanted to be a dentist but worried that they are not the real doctors or maybe there isn’t a real need for dental jobs, you couldn’t be further from the truth. There is an acute shortage of qualified dentists all over the world.
NHS Scotland’s Information Services Division released their 2009 stat with noted increase in dental problems. “The percentage of the Scottish population registered with an NHS GDS dentist is 81.7% for children and 63.0% for adults as at 30th June 2009. This is an increase from 80.1% for children and 61.3% for adults as at 31st March 2009.There has been a 7.5% and 15.4% increase in the number of registrations for children and adults respectively from 30th June 2008 to 30th June 2009.”
Dental diseases together with heart and blood pressure related ailments are the top killers throughout the world. Irony is that all of these, especially, dental issues can be prevented by very simple lifestyle changes. As is evident from the above data, a dentist is getting busier than ever. More dental jobs are being done everyday than any other medical procedure.
National Health Services in UK is the largest recruiter of dentists in the entire world. Although they are an automatic choice for most recruiters, there are many options for dentists these days.
· General Dental Practice- This is a self-employment career option. You are not under contract with anyone. You can start your own ‘high-street’ dental practice. Now because is there is a shortage of dentists in UK and NHS can’t recruit all the graduates, you will be contracted by NHS to treat patients on their behalf. There are different payment arrangements but rest assured every NHS patient you treat you’ll get paid for. So, basically it’s the best of both worlds.
· Hospital Dental Care- This is a specialized service and not normally available for general public. As a hospital dentist you are responsible for in-hospital patients. You can also be consulted for difficult cases referred to the hospital from outside. You’ll only be working as part of a team handling complex dental jobs on day to day basis.
· Community Dental Care- This is one of the most demanding as well as rewarding dental career option. You are an NHS employee and you look after the patients from your community. Community dentists have to work in a variety of different locations – for example, a patient’s own home, nursing homes, in community clinics and occasionally, in a mobile clinic.
· Dental Public Health- This is more of a strategic position and involves assessment of public dental health on a population level rather than an individual level. It’s a non-clinical job. You can be asked to work with universities and department of Health directly.
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About The Author:
Rupert AKR Finlay is the MD of a reputed London based dental jobs board. The job board is one of very few specialized services available for dentistry career options including dental surgeons and dental nurse jobs.
