Graphs. Shortage of dentists: Does your department have cavities?

More foreign dentists and graduates too

As of January 1, 2021, 42,000 dental surgeons work under the age of 70 Compared to just over 40,000 in 2012 (+4.8% over the period), half of them are women.

As for general practitioners, the numerical clause for dentists – which since 1971 has limited the number of students admitted in the second year – has greatly reduced the number of facilities. A hurdle jump: 2,000 places opened in 1971, 900 between 1988 and 2004, then 1,200 in 2010, and there are now around 1,300 new dentists out of 16 French colleges each year.

The projection shows a sustainable growth in the number of dental surgeons until 2050 (+46% compared to 2021). Taking into account population growth and aging, it changes more moderately (+39% between 2021 and 2050). This growth in numbers is strongly driven by the arrival of dental surgeons with foreign qualifications. : without them it is only 5%.

Having restricted the number of dental surgeons trained in France, more practitioners are practicing in France after training abroad. less than 4% in 2012, They are nearly 14% in this condition in 2021, nearly one in six professionals.

Most of them are foreign professionals with a European diploma (more than 3,300 in this case, about five times more than in 2012). The number of French graduates elsewhere in Europe also exploded between 2012 and 2021, rising from almost 350 to nearly 2,000. Of them, 40% earned a diploma in Spain, 30% in Romania and 20% in Portugal.

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