title: Hard times can happen to anyone--even a dentist.
abstract: The BDA Benevolent Fund has been helping needy dentists and their families for 130 years, while the Dentist Health Support Trust, founded in 1986, offers support specifically on addiction and other mental health issues. The Ben Fund offers a lifeline to those struggling with poverty arising from illness, accidents, bereavement, addiction, mental health issues, and many other difficulties. It may be that someone needs financial help to deal with a short-term problem before they get themselves back on track, and the Fund can do this with a one-off grant or perhaps an interest-free loan, to be repaid when their life is on an even keel again. Other people may face long-term uncertainty and need regular support.
authors.affiliation: BDA Benevolent Fund.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities; D003815:Dentists / Q000191:economics*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D011363:Professional Impairment / Q000191:economics*; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom