Dental As Anything is a podcast to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics related to dentistry (and beyond), exploring critical issues that affect oral health across the community. It is a valuable resource for dental professionals and anyone interested in the intersection of dentistry, public health and wellbeing. Hosted by Matt Hopcraft, dentist & public health academic.
Dental As Anything
Claim This Podcastby Matt Hopcraft
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Dental As Anything is a podcast to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics related to dentistry (and beyond), exploring critical issues that affect oral health across the community. It is a valuable resource for dental professionals and anyone interested in the intersection of dentistry, public health and wellbeing. Hosted by Matt Hopcraft, dentist & public health academic.
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Recent Episodes
July 2, 2026
Flaws in new dental workforce modelling?
<p>New dental workforce modelling projects another oversupply. But we have heard that before.</p><p>The Department of Health has just released new dental workforce modelling that projects out to 2038, highlighting what they say is a stark maldistribution with an apparent surplus of dentists overall (particularly in the private sector) alongside persistent and growing shortages in the public sector. </p><p>In this episode of the <strong>Dental As Anything</strong> podcast, I unpack this new report to try and understand what it really means.</p><p>Read the report here: <a href="https://hwd.health.gov.au/supply-and-demand/dental-practitioner-supply-demand-study.html">Dental Practitioner Supply and Demand Compendium Report 2026</a></p>
March 12, 2026
Student selection and workforce maldistribution
<p>Seemingly neutral prerequisite subjects and admissions settings systematically disadvantage rural and low socioeconomic status students - a question of fairness that has workforce implications.</p><p>Have you ever thought about how you were selected into dental school, and whether that process was the best way to select future dentists? Or perhaps more importantly, how that selection process shapes the profession and ultimately plays a role in either improving health outcomes or exacerbating inequities in access to care.</p><p>Some interesting new evidence looks at how selection criteria for medical school might perpetuate disadvantage, particularly for students from rural areas and lower socioeconomic backgrounds.</p><p>In this episode of the <strong>Dental As Anything</strong> podcast I look at some of the evidence that underpins student selection, and talk about ways in which this might contribute to the maldistribution of the dental workforce, particularly from a geographic perspective. Could this then be one of the levers that might help improve access to care in underserved communities? Somecontentious food for thought.</p>
February 27, 2026
Financial Dentophobia 🦷 💰
<p>In a country gripped by an affordability crisis, what are we doing to ensure that all Australians can access the dental care that they need?</p><p>Recent news stories have shone a light on dental affordability, with many Australians flocking overseas for major dental treatment. For many Australians, dental care has quietly become a luxury — not a routine service but a decision weighed against rent, food, fuel and other essentials.</p><p>They avoid the dentist not mainly because they fear the drill — although dental anxiety does play a role — but because the system forces them to choose between essential living costs and essential health care. That’s not choice, that’s constraint. As cost-of-living pressures grow and health inequalities widen, ignoring dental care isn’t a cost-saving strategy; it’s a ticking public health time-bomb.</p><p>In this episode of the <strong>Dental As Anything</strong> podcast I talk about our two tiered system that has split Australians into those who can afford routine visits and preventive care to maintain their oral health, and those who are trapped in a cycle of pain, delayed care and costly treatment as a consequence.It’s time we recognised dental health not as a discretionary service but as an integral part of health care worthy of protection, funding, and equality.</p><p>As a profession we must grapple these issues if we want to build future where all Australians have fair, equitable and affordable access to healthcare. Where prevention is prioritised and valued. And corporate interests and profits – of all sorts – take a back seat to an individuals right to health.</p><p>Without some reform of our current system, oral health inequities will continue to widen.</p>
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