Almost half of employees (48%) have called in sick or left work early due to dental pain, leading to over 1,330 working days being lost to dental pain in the last year, according to new research by Bupa.
A survey of 2,049 employees aged over 18 found that three quarters (73%) of employees have delayed going to the dentist due to worries about taking time off work. Over two in five employees delayed treatment, as nearly one third (31%) of workers experienced a negative response from their employer when they asked for time away for dental treatment. For employees who remained at work despite their dental pain, workers experienced difficulty concentrating (29%), became less productive (25%), and were snappier with colleagues (14%), Bupa noted. Neil Sikka, dentist and chief dental offi...
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