I've heard on the grapevine that they have stopped all Dentist recruitment and are seriously thinking about civilianising the branch. Small beer perhaps, but we will almost undoubtedly end up paying more money (even taking into account the provision of housing and pensions, civvy dentists can earn an awful lot of dough on the outside - and there are generally too few out there already, so we'll need to pay top dollar) for a service that's not as good or flexible.