Debt among dental students has more than doubled in the past ten years to £50,000 and is deterring poorer school-leavers from choosing the profession.
Research by the British Dental Journal shows that the total debt of final year dental students has increased from £24,734 in 2013 to almost £53,000 last year.
Experts say this risks escalating severe workforce problems and that ministers cannot “rely on the bank of mum and dad” to come to the rescue.
Concerns about debt come after The Times revealed that the NHS workforce plan wanted to double the number of medical students.
