title: The elephant in the room.
abstract: Dentistry as a profession is suffering in the economic depression, yet this is not reflected in academic journals, with an increase in titles, articles and the advertising of new products and training courses suggesting otherwise. Work for dentists is thinning and patients are less willing to accept the costs of treatment plans. Is it business as usual or is UK dentistry in denial?
authors.affiliation: UK Teeth, 103 Mortlake Road, Kew, London, TW9 4AA. howardstean@ukteeth.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stean
mesh_terms: D003813:Dentistry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004468:Economics, Dental / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom