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Leading dentists have warned that the recent European decision to ban silver dental fillings will have a significant impact on the NHS dental sector.
Specifically, the European Parliament has voted to ban dental fillings made from amalgam, the material most commonly used by UK service provider doctors for permanent fillings, by January 2025.
The British Dental Association (BDA) said the ban would cause supply chain problems across the Kingdom.
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The association pointed out that Northern Ireland would suffer the most from the European Union’s post-Brexit rules and that, like other European Union member states, it would have to gradually phase out amalgam fillings.
An indication that in the UK, amalgam fillings are used in around a third of procedures.
According to the British Dental Association, the alternatives will cost a lot of money and will also result in longer treatment times. She warns that the ban could be “the straw that breaks the camel’s back” for the dental sector in the NHS.
The British Dental Association warned in a statement to senior dentists in the UK that the decision “could have a significant impact on the provision of dental and oral health services to the population in the UK”. The statement continued: “We are very concerned about the impact of the EU exit deadline on services across the UK, whether directly as part of the post-Brexit arrangements or indirectly as a result of the supply chain collapse in Europe.”
“The lack of restorative fillings and their replacement with more expensive, time-consuming alternatives is just another blow to the sustainability of the NHS dental sector.”
“If we lose an important weapon in the treatment of tooth decay, it shows us the neglect of all British governments,” says Eddie Crouch, president of the British Dental Association, who explains: “If alternatives cannot keep up with the competition, this will be the case for practices create new costs and uncertainties that are “already teetering on the edge of the abyss,” adding: “Without decisive action, this decision could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”
For its part, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said: “The UK continues to take the position of gradually reducing the use of amalgam fillings,” adding: “Dentistry should be accessible to everyone who needs it and we want that to be the case every adult and child to receive the help of an affiliated dentist.” to the Service Authority, regardless of where you live in England.” He continued: “The use of dentistry is improving. Last year, 1.7 million adults and around 800,000 children visited a Service Authority-affiliated dentist, but we know there is more to do and that is why the government and the Service Authority in England are working to develop a plan for dentistry. teeth for further improvement.
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