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A day in the life of… a Dental Officer

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Community Dental Services CIC patients are some of the most vulnerable in society; including people with learning disabilities, mental health issues and severe dental anxiety, referred by GDPs and other health and social care professionals. CDS also delivers evidence based oral health improvement programmes to improve oral health in many different communities and settings.

I have worked for CDS for over a year. I did my DFT year in 2018-2019. Following this I took up a job as an associate GDP in South East London from September 2019 to May 2020, however, I quickly I realised I wanted to do something different which is when I applied for my current job as a Dental Officer with CDS.

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    Jeena Patel

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Patel, J. A day in the life of… a Dental Officer. BDJ Student (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-022-0289-8

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