Sir, along with my fellow FD colleagues this time has given me the chance to reflect and improve on my non-clinical skills at home, including the many webinars now available. After a time of reflection and growth I am eager to put my clinical skills to good use but wonder how practices will operate and when we will be able to carry out aerosol procedures.

I have always wanted to apply for a DCT position and I worry what will happen in the potential circumstance of me being successful, what tasks will I be able to perform? Emergency or routine care? Alternatively, if I do not achieve a DCT position for the upcoming rotation and look to find an associate position, will there be positions available? Or, will employers be less likely to employ due to the virus and the resultant lack of clinical practice I have obtained? As a dentist who has only recently graduated I worry that my clinical skills may have come to a standstill and with the prospect of UDA targets as an associate it may be a source of uncertainty and added pressure.

Despite the aforementioned I do believe that above my concern regarding future employment what matters most is staying safe during COVID-19 and I have great belief that as young dentists we will come through this period together with resilience and a new perspective on dentistry. To end with Socrates: 'the secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new'.