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Journal of Orthodontics, Vol. 30, No. 1, 94, March 2003
© 2003 British Orthodontic Society

Features Section

Letter to the Editor

Philip Benson, Derrick Willmot, Melanie Stern and Fiona Dyer

Dear Sir,

We would like to support the views expressed in your journal’s Editorial of June 2002 (Vol 29, p. 81) concerning the lack of training numbers restricting the number of training places available. In conjunction with colleagues in local district general hospitals we would be prepared to train more orthodontists, but we cannot do so because we have insufficient National Training Numbers (NTN). It is not possible to accept dentists for training without an NTN as they would not be able to obtain a CCST and get on the specialist list at the completion of training.

We appreciate the need to restrict the number of FTNs, because these are linked to the projected number of consultant posts available. However, we do not understand the restriction on the number of NTNs, particularly for training in areas where there is a shortage of orthodontists. The UK has one of the highest ratios of orthodontist to 12-year-old children in the world. This has arisen over the years because of the mis-application of the medical model to our specialty.


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