Laurent Munerot, President of the UNPPD (Union Nationale Patronale des Prothésistes Dentaires), has called on European policymakers to stop treating the rise of low-cost dental imports as inevitable. Speaking on France Info, Munerot argued that the repeated use of WTO rules, EU free movement principles, and wage differentials as reasons why nothing can be done has created a fatalism more harmful than the competition itself. The French dental laboratory sector employs around 18,000 professionals and holds internationally recognised technical expertise. Munerot warned that dismantling this base would be nearly impossible to reverse. The debate has moved beyond professional associations. On 10 February 2026, the French Senate held an oral question session on the relocation of dental prosthesis production to China. Senator Annie Le Houerou formally questioned the government, and Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, Minister Delegate for autonomy and persons with disabilities, responded in the chamber. Munerot also challenged the assumption that cheaper imports benefit patients. Because dentists, not patients, select prosthesis suppliers, lower sourcing costs do not automatically reach the patient; the margin may remain elsewhere in the supply chain. For dental laboratories across Europe, the questions raised in this debate apply directly: whether domestic healthcare manufacturing in sectors like dental technology will be treated as a strategic asset or replaced by lower-cost imports.