The British Dental Association is the professional association and trade union for dentists in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1880 We lobby politicians on legislation affecting dentists as business people and clinicians, and on issues such as dental student debt, care for special needs patients and commisioning and contract arrangements We provide collective representation of the profession in its dealings with governments and employing authorities All our employment opportunities will be posted here so please see this section for further details There has been lots of planning and preparation so we are hopeful that members won't be inconvenienced