How’s this for ironic. In 2008, Sainsbury’s (yes, the supermarket) announced its intention to offer customers in-store dental work. At the time of the
announcement, a spokesman for the company said “we are doing this because there is a shortage of dental practices is the UK.”
As bizarre as the concept of combining the weekly shop with some cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/articles/root-canal.html work may
be, since their conception, the in-store practices have actually become something of a hit amongst customers, which brings us to the ironic part.
Sainsbury’s dentists have become so popular that some established dental practices are being forced to close down. buying a dental practice guide adverts are more and more common sight while many other practices
have been forced to go private in order to keep business afloat.
Dentists in Dublin
, Manchester and Birmingham – all over the UK – have reported a loss in business in the two years since Sainsbury’s first practice opened. The
convenience and cheaper prices have taken a massive toll and now it’s simply a waiting game until the other major supermarkets open their own
practices, too. “We are doing this because there is a shortage of dental practices in the UK”. Indeed. Well, there certainly will be soon enough.