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BDJ UPFRONT
Stephen Hancocks OBE Editor-in-Chief
It is arresting to be reminded that the concept of the dental team is not a universally held one. While
we in the UK have been familiarwith the term and the reality of the arrangement for all of this century and the tail end of the previous one, there are countries where the ideais still alien and the actuality nonexistent. Practitioners either manage single-handedly or the personnel they have to assist them are not regarded in the same light and with same status with which we now acknowledge our fellow dental professionals.
All this not withstanding much has been changing in UK dentistry in the past decade or so within the team and the pace of change shows no signs of slowing; indeed quite the opposite. About 12 years ago, as the notion ofa dental team was taking shape the thought was being oated at the BDJ that we should also be in the forefront of publishing for the emerging team members; professionals...