Dental urgent and emergency care - the pinch point of the challenges facing dentistry

The issues faced in dental urgent and emergency care settings are often a magnified reflection of the problems in dentistry as a whole. Yasmin Allen discusses the current situation with Nigel Jones, explaining the improvements that are urgently required and the benefits of both NHS and private dentists understanding what urgent and emergency care settings are dealing with.

What you’ll hear:

• Details of the current challenges facing urgent dental care
• The ways in which things can be improved
• The benefits digitisation could bring to an urgent care setting
• Lessons that can be taken from the urgent care setting to benefit dentistry as a whole

 

Who should listen:

• Dental professionals working in urgent dental care services
• Commissioners who are procuring, or who are about to procure urgent dental care services
• Any practicing dentists