FDI global survey: Majority of countries not allowing dentists to get COVID-19 vaccines Survey also shows that half of the responding countries have agreed to include dentists in their priority vaccination groups Geneva: FDI World Dental Federation recently called for more countries to enable dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines after a survey of its members revealed the small number of countries currently permitted to do so. The survey was facilitated by FDI’s COVID-19 Task Team. Fifty-seven member national dental associations, from across the globe, revealed that nearly two- thirds of countries had not granted permission to dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines as part of national rollouts. In Europe, countries, where dentists are not permitted to administer the vaccine, include Switzerland, Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, and Russia (see Table 1).