BDIA Centenary Summer Conference 2023: ‘100 years in - the dental landscape today and tomorrow'

Key points

• Explores industry leaders' conjecture on the future of dentistry.

• NHS dentistry - can it survive when practices can no longer cover costs under the NHS ‘system' and will politicians ever be brave enough to invest in its future or to declare it as a ‘core dental service'?

• Growth in private activity - continued growth but not without risk. Vulnerable to economic cycles, with a spiral of lack of NHS care, is pushing patients towards private care, with more routine acceptance of private treatment for those able to afford it.