by Bart Caylor | Jul 10, 2019
The oral health workforce is critical to achieving Healthy People 2020 objectives focused on promoting and sustaining oral health for all Americans. Dentists and dental hygienists are licensed health professionals whose primary focus is dental disease prevention and...
by Bart Caylor | Jul 10, 2019
Identifying supply and distribution of the professional oral health workforce is crucial in understanding the capacity to meet oral health needs and improve overall population health of Indiana citizens. Data presented in this report provide a snapshot of key...
by Bart Caylor | Jul 10, 2019
All dentists who renewed their Indiana licenses on – line in 2010 or 2012 were asked to complete a voluntary survey instrument that ha d a 95.4% response rate 1 in 2010 and 80.7% response rate 2 in 2012. The purpose of this study was to describe the dental...
by Bart Caylor | Jul 10, 2019
The 2010 Indiana Dental Hygienist Re-licensure Survey was administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. This report summarizes the responses to that survey.
by Bart Caylor | Jul 10, 2019
The response rate for the survey was 47.6 percent. This response rate is notably lower than other health care re ‐ license surveys and the previous (2010) dental hygienist licensure survey. In the 2011 ‐ 2012 dental hygienist licensure period there were 4,583 total...
