Sir, once again Martin Kelleher has written an opinion piece: Current controversies in training and/or education of dentists in the UK (BDJ 2014; 217: 497–498) which makes this reader want to cheer his clarity of thought and common sense. In it he describes what appears to be so wrong, at least to many of the older generation of practising dentists, with the direction of travel that the current undergraduate training of our future colleagues appears to be taking in the UK. Perhaps Dr Kelleher would consider 'blowing a little harder on the embers of his (illustrious) career' to lead the profession back to the provision of 'appropriately skilled' and adaptable clinicians needed to 'address the various complex problems in our rapidly changing society'. What a blazing legacy that would be.

1. Bath