Dr. John Marley:

I will defer to Mr. Hourihan on that issue, but, based on the evidence I have accrued from the academic reference group which helped to inform this health policy and the publication in 2016, there are slightly more than 2,000 dentists undertaking private work for a population of approximately 600,000 paying patients. I presume the graduates enter that marketplace. As of 2016, there were only 350 health board salaried dentists. Mr. Hourihan may be able to comment further.