Dentists’ assistants should be allowed to perform routine check-ups to create more appointments to avoid “dental deserts” a think tank has urged.
A new report by Onward suggested that dental therapists should move away from its dentist-led model as research suggests half of all adults and children fail to see a dentist as often as the NHS recommends. “More Smiles” written by the think tank’s chief economist, Tim Leunig, the inventor of the furlough scheme used during the pandemic, called for the system to be “liberalised” to improve dental care.
'The Government can create many more NHS appointments by letting dental therapists run practices and deliver the care they're trained for, while keeping dentists focused on more complex treatment. It wouldn't mean sacrificing the quality of care patients expect but enabling more people to receive the dental attention they deserve. 'At the same time, they can double the number of people training to deliver this dental care at no extra cost to the taxpayer.
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