Workforce

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

    • Variation in Dental Hygiene Scope of Practice by State

    • Authorization Status of Dental Therapists By State

    • Application of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) by Dental Hygienists

    • Variation in Teledentistry Regulation by State

  • Reports & Briefs

• 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)

• 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 Chronic Disease Management Toolkit (RHIHub)
• Rural Healthy People 2020 Vol. 2 (TAMU Southwest Rural Health Research Center)
• Still Searching: Meeting Oral Health Needs in Rural Settings (CareQuest, November 2023)

• Enabling Dental Therapy Practice to Improve Access to Oral Health Services (HWTAC, 2022)
• User’s Guide for Implementation of On-the-Job Dental Assistant Training Programs in Community Health Centers (NNOHA, 2023)

• 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)