Career opportunities beyond our borders

In the current dental climate it is becoming increasingly common for dentists to consider spending some time working overseas. For the last year I myself have been working in Auckland, New Zealand. Having now returned, I would like to urge every young dentist to consider career opportunities lying beyond the British borders. Working overseas can be a daunting experience. It takes considerable organization with tedious visits to notaries, awkward skype interviews and a day lost in flights, but the results can be transformative.

I benefited tremendously from experiencing a novel system of delivering dental care. In these fraught times, with our departure from the European Union looming, I feel it is important for us to appreciate the international reach of our skills and talents. We are immensely fortunate to work in a profession without borders and should more readily seize the opportunity to do good for others outside the UK and develop ourselves in the process.