Dental workforce: Dental workforce future

The past and future evolution of the dental workforce team.

This article looks at changes in the number and mix of providers in the dental workforce over the past sixty years. First, enrollment trends in dental education programs are investigated. These educational programs feed directly into the dental workforce. Then, the changes in the dental workforce are examined. The focus of this investigation is the composition of the dental workforce and how th...

Emerging allied dental workforce models: considerations for academic dental institutions.

The U.S. surgeon general defined the national oral health care crisis in 2001 in Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. The report concluded that the public infrastructure for oral health is not sufficient to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups and is disproportionately available depending upon certain racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors within the U.S. population. No...

Dental workforce issues in the United Kingdom.

T he purpose of this article is to discuss some of the issues we are facing within the United Kingdom with regard to the dental workforce. It is a very personal view influenced by the projects I have worked on over the last two years. This overview will look at what is happening in the UK in terms of population demographics and dental treatment patterns, and I will pose some questions as to how...

Busyness, the dental workforce and endodontics.

Sultanate of Oman: building a dental workforce

BACKGROUND A medium- and long-term perspective is required in human resource development to ensure that future needs and demands for oral healthcare are met by the most appropriate health professionals. This paper presents a case study of the Sultanate of Oman, one of the Gulf States with a current population of 3.8 million, which has initiated dental training through the creation of a dental c...