The Australian Dental Association (ADA) national president Dr Karin Alexander has labelled the decision for the Minister for Immigration to keep dentistry on the Skilled Occupations List (SOL) as misinformed. The ADA believes that keeping dentistry on the SOL will bring despair to many newly graduating dentists as dentists with overseas qualifications will continue to be able to enter Australia.

Health Workforce Australia data has indicated that there will be an increasing oversupply of dental professionals that is expected to last until 2025. Dr Alexander has said that the fact this data has been ignored is either “a case of gross incompetence or negligence at best”, and that “either way, local dentist graduates will cop it.”

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