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It will be close to impossible to deliver free dental care for everyone, as politicians have promised for 2035, both an expert and the Danish Dental Association say. A new projection shows that the shortage of dentists would explode.

Danish Dental Association: Denmark will be short 800 dentists – at least

»The fear is that you’ll pull dentists away from the places where they do the most good. And then, overall, you risk not getting what you want out of it«, said Jakob Kjellberg, a health economics researcher at Vive. Foto: Martin Bubandt
»The fear is that you’ll pull dentists away from the places where they do the most good. And then, overall, you risk not getting what you want out of it«, said Jakob Kjellberg, a health economics researcher at Vive. Foto: Martin Bubandt

Already today, there are far too many patients for the 14 dentists at ORIS Dentists in Odense. So they have had to stop accepting new patients.

»We still have many people who reach out in vain«, says clinic manager Trine Benediktson.

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