Oral Health, U.S. 2002 Annual Report
Section 7: DELIVERY OF DENTAL SERVICES
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State dental programs with full-time dental directors and other full-time employees |
In 1999, only 29 states had full-time dental directors, 14 states had part-time directors, and 8 states had no director. Additionally, in 1995, it was found that two-thirds of 243 local health departments responding to a survey had dental programs (US DHHS, 2000). The percentage of dental directors with public health training has not been determined.
SOURCE OF DATA
The following data are derived from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's Oral Health Resources website (http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/synopses/).
- Sixteen states do not have a full-time dental director. The states are Alaska, California, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming (Figure 7.6.1).
- North Carolina and Texas had the highest number of full-time equivalent employees (80 and 73, respectively) involved in dental programs.
- Kansas, South Carolina, and Virginia did not have any full-time equivalent employees involved in dental programs.
- Data were not available for the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
Bullets reference data that can be found in Table 7.6.1.
REFERENCE
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010. Conference ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000.
Figure 7.6.1. Map of states with full-time dental directors, 2000
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