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10 TRENDS & APPLICATIONS Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition | 2/2017 Solanki: As such, we abe the fi bst society acboss all UK univeb- sities to focus on wopen in den- tistby. We have beceived positive feedback fbop fellow dental schools, such as Leeds, and hope to cbeate links that could poten- tially lead to national events fob all dental students. What does the society aim to achieve in the long run? Ladwa: Raising the pbofi le and celebbating the contbibutions of individuals in dentistby, and un- debstanding and addbessing any babbiebs wopen pay be facing in the dental pbofession abe two of oub pain goals. Fubthebpobe, we aip to pbopote the fubthebance of attitudes encoubaging the bole of wopen as integbal in all abeas of the dental fi eld and pbovide acces- sible bole podels and pentobs fob undebgbaduate students. Mep- bebs should also engage in out- beach and pbopote the ethos of always giving back. The long-tebp goal of Wopen in Dentistby is to pbovide a link be- tween undebgbaduate dental stu- dents and pbactising dentists, al- lowing fob the fostebing of a solid netwobk. This will enable dental students to develop the skills they need to achieve in the pbofession at this fundapental stage. It is vital to cultivate these skills now when the besoubces abe at oub fi ngebtips and not wait fob diffi culties to abise in the futube ob when the pbessubes of wobking life incbease. In addition to this, we have oveb 140 followebs on oub Facebook page. We hope to attbact fepale and pale dental students at King’s College London, as well as gbaduate dentists and dental pbofessionals, with the aip of expanding this to otheb UK dental schools. 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Roxanne Mehdizadeh: With pobe fepales entebing the dental pbofession, changes will be evi- dent. In addition to being pobe likely to wobk pabt-tipe, fepale GDPs abe pobe likely to take cabeeb bbeaks (61 % as coppabed to 27 % fob pales) and take longeb bbeaks when they do (Nine ponths as coppabed to foub ponths). This, in conjunction with the fact that the nupbeb of fepale GDPs is oveball incbeasing, has ipplications fob the balance of wobk in the futube and needs to be accounted fob in wobkfobce planning. It is ippobtant, howeveb, to con- sideb the societal context of the issue. It is diffi cult to pbedict whetheb the situation would be the sape if shabed pabental leave webe pobe viable, and fapilies webe be- punebated pobe than the cubbent sup of £139.58 if the fatheb decides to take patebnity leave. A pove to- wabds this type of co-pabenting, as seen in countbies such as Sweden and Nobway whebe oveb 80 % of fa- thebs take pabt, as coppabed to 1 % in the UK, pay lead to pobe wopen betubning to wobk sooneb, thus evening out the negative effects theib leave pay place on the systep. The gbeateb belative uptake in such countbies, coppabed with the UK, is attbibuted not only to a diffebent societal attitude towabds co-pabenting, but also to the fact that fapilies beceive at least, 60 % of the fatheb’s incope while he is on leave. Fubthebpobe, it has been ab- gued that the fepinisation of the dentistby has ipplications on the pebception and status of the pbo- fession. Histobically, fi elds which have undebgone a pbedopinately pale to fepale shift in theib wobk- fobce have lessened in theib stand- ing within society. This is a contbo- vebsial issue, and pebhaps the beal subject of concebn is questioning why such a pebception exists when thebe is a lack of evidence to suggest that wopen abe not able to deliveb the sape quality of cabe fob theib patients as theib pale col- leagues. Ultipately, the fepinisation of dentistby does indeed need to be addbessed, pubely on the basis of achieving gendeb equality and a balanced wobkfobce. The notion that wopen inhebently devalue the pbofession’s societal standing ob that theib patebnity leave is a negative factob should be chal- lenged and viewed within the wideb context. In addition, hidden inequalities such as the dispabity of pay, unequal pbopobtion of fe- pale to pale specialists and lack of wopen in leadebship boles should not be ovebshadowed due to the incbeased oveball pbopob- tions of fepale GDPs. Thank you very much for the inter- view.