Studying abroad is now a given part of tertiary education worldwide. Final year dental student, Fathima Patel recounts her experiences on her Erasmus and elective programmes.

Pritesh Narsinh is a dental student who volunteered to do a dentistry elective in Tanzania with 'Work the World' and he writes of his experiences.

Dental student Kerry Bargelli reflects on undertaking a dental elective with 'Work the World 'when she went to a small village in Nepal and brought much needed dental care to the inhabitants.

As a fourth year dental student at Newcastle University Renna Mahsoub was given the opportunity to do a dental elective placement in her summer break before entering final year. Work the World have always had a good reputation at Newcastle and she had heard fantastic stories from the year above. She writes about her dental voluntary experience.

My name is Shawn Shelley and I graduated from Trinity College Dental School in 2012. A Montana native, I now work as an Associate Dental Surgeon in a private practice in Singapore.

The Medical Elective Network was established in 2011 to provide international student health care electives and free health care campaigns for people with limited resources in Peru.

Surinder has worked in NHS and private practice in the UK and now practises as a general dental practitioner in Singapore. Holding a holistic view to healthcare she enjoys working with anxious patients, carrying out oral surgery and is involved with public oral health teaching.

Annalene Weston provides a brief guide to practising down under.

Alma Creavan is an Irish Young Dentist. In this article she shares her experience of being a newly qualified dentist in Australia.

Thomas Graydon graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2014. After graduating he moved to Bunbury, two hours south of Perth, to work as an associate dentist in a private practice.

Shania Seewoonarain qualified from Newcastle University in 2014. She is currently in her Foundation year on the Basildon Scheme. "I decided to write this review to let dentists know what this informative workshop is all about."

In this section we focus on the different types of dentistry and speak to dentists who have chosen to follow alternative career paths. In this article we focus on prosthodontists written by Aditya Naidu.

In this section we focus on the different types of dentistry and speak to dentists who have chosen to follow alternative career paths. In this article we focus on Foundation Year 1 as a dentist written by Joanna Christou.

In this section we focus on the different types of dentistry and speak to dentists who have chosen to follow alternative career paths. In this article we focus on Post Graduate Endodontics written by Kreena Patel.

In this section we focus on the different types of dentistry and speak to dentists who have chosen to follow alternative career paths. In this article we focus on Orthodontics written by Leila Khamashta-Ledezma.

In this section we focus on the different types of dentistry and speak to dentists who have chosen to follow alternative career paths. In this article we focus on periodontics and implant dentistry written by Mishal K Sachdev.

Ewan MacKessack-Leitch graduated in 2011 from Dundee Dental School. Ewan is currently a CT2 in Paediatrics at Dundee Dental Hospital.

Daniel is a first year longitudinal foundation dentist qualified from Newcastle University in 2014 and is currently working between York hospital and general dental practice.

Ohsun Kwon graduated in 2013 from King's College London. After completing Dental Foundation Training last year, Ohsun is now working as a Dental Core Trainee in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Salisbury District Hospital.

Adele graduated from Newcastle University in 2013 and has been working in general practice ever since. I have written this article to try and give an insight into my experience of working for a dental corporate, which can often be given a bad name.

Claire has written this article to share her experience of surgical extractions during her dental foundation training. She hopes that this will provide advice for newly qualified dentists when undertaking surgical extractions.