This week Chris and Andy chat to Cat Edney, multi award

Cat explains more about the training she undertook to qualify, how a therapist role differs to a hygienist, and the current challenges and barriers faced in the profession.

She talks about access to dental training opportunities, the

Finally, she chats about the challenges dental therapists

Topics:

-  What’s

- When did you know that dentistry was a career path for you?

- Did you consider other options?

- How do you qualify as a dental therapist?

- How is a therapist different from a hygienist?

- Do you earn more money than a hygienist?

-  Can you own a practice as a therapist?

- What treatments can you deliver that routinely dentists do?

- Has it been easy for you to get recognition in dentistry and do practices (generally) value therapists and maximise their skills in practice?

- What does work in a direct access dental therapy led role look like in practice and how does it benefit the business and patients?

- Tell us about your course, The Modern Therapist.

-  How do we compare with our European friends or countries further afield?

-  Is it becoming a more popular career choice or it is still not being recognised to the extent that it should be?

- If you could go back in time, where would you go, and would you change anything?