Investigation: Have women changed the dental workforce?

Transient ischemic attack: the rules have changed.

Bob: If you thought you knew what a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is, and how to evaluate for it, think again. This scientific statement snuck past a lot of us and its implications are far-reaching. The guideline includes three game changers for all physicians: • It revises the definition of TIA • It recommends that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) be performed within 24 hours in patients pre...

Have Internet Changed the Wage Structure Too?

This paper investigates whether workers who use Internet at work earn a higher wage than otherwise similar workers who do not use Internet at work. By replicating Krueger’s analysis using recent Current Population Survey data sets, this study is able to compare the similarities and differences of the use of two revolutionary modern technologies, computer and Internet. Estimates suggest that whi...

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.

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...