Health chiefs up in arms as dental qualifications are not granted EU approval

They claim that Polish specialists were given too few practical classes during their studies. As a result, dentists who want to work abroad have to prove that they have worked in their profession for at least three years. The Supreme Medical Board (NRL) believe that Polish dentists are well prepared, but representatives from the Health Ministry are ready to agree with EU opinion. "This is ridiculous. Graduate training, which is obligatory for all who graduate from medical academies, totally compensates for possible practical insufficiencies," explained the NRL's deputy president and head of the Dentist Commission, Zbigniew Żak. From May to the end of August 467 Polish dentists applied to the Medical Chambers for the documents that would allow them to work abroad. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A6) A.F.