Survey shows 40% of UK dental students consider dropping out

Various organisations have undertaken to evaluate the quality of life of UK dental students during recent years, and particularly as students have expressed that they have been struggling during the pandemic. The most recent study conducted by the British Dental Association Benevolent Fund (BDA BF) of about 7% of the entire dental student population in the UK turned up a shocking figure: 40% of those surveyed had considered withdrawing entirely from their dental degree.