ADG reveals 4.5m more patients could be treated by filling dentist gap whilst fully-trained dentists resort to working in fast food outlets.
ADG presents new workforce report to MPs
‘Creating ‘Dental Oases’
18th June 2025, London: The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) launches its ‘Creating Dental Oases’ report to MPs in the House of Commons today showing that 4.5m[1] patients are going untreated annually due to the 2,749 shortfall in the dental workforce – whilst at the same time, fully trained dentists from overseas who are living in the UK, are having to make ends meet by working in McDonald’s and Subway fast food restaurants because of the registration system’s ‘bottle-neck’.
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