Editorial - Beyond the individual: the need for team based and system-wide solutions to support improved mental health in dentistry

Abstract

While the COVID-19 pandemic may no longer dominate headlines, significant pressures on the UK health and social care sector remain. Within dentistry, a profession with a long-standing association with poor mental health, practitioners continue to feel significant strain in terms of working conditions and financial pressures. They now also face a severe backlog of routine care for NHS patients.