Gaby Bissett speaks to an overseas-trained dentist about his frustrations with the overseas registration exam (ORE) and the impact it is having on UK dentistry.
The dentist graduated with a degree in dentistry in 2018. He went on to obtain his master’s in oral implant dentistry in 2022.
But today, he works as a fast food server at a McDonald’s in Leicester.
In 2022, he moved to the UK in the hopes of developing his dental career. At the time, he had plans to work as a dental therapist whilst he studied and prepared for the ORE. But shortly after he arrived, the dental therapist route was closed for international dentists.
