The UK government’s decision to impose mandatory COVID-19 vaccination on healthcare workers could have a “devastating” consequence on already stretched dental services, leading doctors have warned. The British Dental Association (BDA) warned on Friday that the vaccine mandate risks “dropping a bomb on a service already stretched to breaking point,” as thousands of dental staff may be pushed out of the workforce. A BDA survey of 1,642 high street dentists operating in England found that 1 in 10 of them are not fully vaccinated, with 9 percent reporting that they have not had their first dose of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine. About two-thirds (66 percent) of respondents estimate all dentists operating in their practices are fully vaccinated, with less than half (48.4 percent) saying the same for dental nurses, who are integral to supporting the delivery of care. The survey found that 30 percent of respondents estimate …