Workforce
Texas Oral Health Coalition
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Workforce Data
Dental Health Professional Shortage (DHPSA)
- Dental HPSA Designation Overview (HRSA)
- Find Health Professional Shortage Areas: HPSA by State & County (HRSA)
- Boosting Oral Health Care in Rural Communities (NCSL LegisBrief)
- Oral Health Workforce Dashboard (AIDPH)
- The Financial and Policy Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Dental Care Workers (AIDPH, October 2022)
- U.S. Dentist Demographic Dashboard (ADA HPI)
- Dental School Applicants, Enrollees and Graduates (ADEA)
- Oral Health Workforce Research Center (OHWRC)
- Identifying Strategies to Improve Oral Health Workforce Resilience
- Infographics
- Reports & Briefs
Workforce Needs
- Texas Supply and Demand Dental Projections, 2018 -2030 (DSHS, 2019)
- Dental Workforce Reform in Texas (Public Policy Foundation, 2016)
- Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations (IOM, 2011)
- Oral Health Bridging Gaps and Filling Needs (Texas Health Institute, 2018)
- Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition (U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, 2018) - Researchers Hope to Improve Dental Health by Changing Caregiver’s Behavior (Case Western Reserve University, 2015)
Rural Oral Health
- Boosting Oral Health Care in Rural Communities (NCSL LegisBrief)
- Dentist Supply, Dental Care Utilization, and Oral Health Among Rural and Urban U.S. Residents (WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, 2015)
- Dentist Supply, Dental Care Utilization, and Oral Health Among Rural and Urban U.S. Residents: Exploring Changes in the Past 15 Years (WWAMI Rural Health Research Center)
- Health Professional Shortage Areas: Dental Care, by County (RHIhub)
- Rural Border Health Chartbook (Rural and Minority Health Research Center, 2021)
- Rural Healthy People 2030 (TAMU Southwest Rural Health Research Center, 2023)
- Rural Healthy People 2020 Vol. 2 (TAMU Southwest Rural Health Research Center)
- Still Searching: Meeting Oral Health Needs in Rural Settings (CareQuest, November 2023)
Workforce Solutions
Emergency Department Use
- Dental-Related Emergency Department Visits on the Increase in the United States (ADA Health Policy Institute, 2013)
- Dental-Related Use of Hospital Emergency Departments by Hispanics and Non-Hispanics in Florida (American Journal of Public Health (ajph), 2017)
- Inpatient Hospitalization for Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions in Texas – A Ten-Year Report (2007-2016) (Texas Health Institute, 2019)
- Oral Health in Texas: Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospitalization for Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions in Texas
- Toothaches and U.S. emergency department visits Infographic (Dr. Bicuspid, 2017)
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Oral Health Workforce Research Center
Texas has 316 Total Dental Care HPSA Designations with around 3.2 million Texans living in those DHPSA areas.
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Sources:
- Kaiser Family Foundation, Dental Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
KFF cites:
Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Designated Health Professional Shortage Areas Statistics: Designated HPSA Quarterly Summary, as of September 30, 2022 available at https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/shortage-areas. - Rural Health Information Hub, Health Professional Shortage Areas: Dental Care, by County, 2023 – Texas