Dental Workers

This study is intended to compare the dental health personnal supply to the requirement in each 5-year interval from 1995 to 2015. The results show that there will be 10,100 dentists and 7,718 dental nurses in supply in the year 2015. The personnel requirement was calculated using 3 different techniques. The results show that in the year 2015, the supply of dentists exceeds the requirement regardless of what technique is used. [from abstract]

One of the challenges of continuing professional development (CPD) is to ensure that members of the medical profession maintain and improve the competencies in medical practice. CPD is an evolving system and different countries in Africa are at different levels of development. This article focuses on the developments and challenges of CPD among medical and dental practitioners in Africa. [abstract]

The study investigated the relationship between gender and knowledge, attitude and practice of infection control among oral health care workers in the management of patients with HIV/AIDS in Osun State of Nigeria. It was a cross-sectional survey using 85 oral Health care workers enlisted in the public dental health clinics. [from abstract]

The objective of the article is to explore the degree of agreement on issues surrounding the proposals for dental health personnel requirements among key oral health personalities who are central to determining policy on oral health personnel requirements for Ghana and to make recommendations to assist in the future development of dental health personnel requirements. [author’s description]

The serious shortage of oral health personnel in the country is not in doubt and many Ghanaians continue to rely on the services of self-styled quack practitioners. The oral health of all Ghanaians cannot be guaranteed as long as this situation persists. [author’s description]

This paper projects the supply of dentists in Thailand for the next 30 years, using the proposed first year enrollment plans of students, in order to compare future supply with the projected requirements. [from abstract]

This study applied the method of system dynamics modeling in estimation of man power need in dental public health from 1995 to 2015. The base line information derived from the National Oral Health Survey in 1984, 1989 and 1994. The study indicate the possibility of oversupply of dental personnel in the future and the need for adjustment of the roles of dentist and dental nurse. [from abstract]

This article reports on a comprehensive review of literature with special emphasis on TB infection-control issues in the oral healthcare setting. The aim is to present the essential elements of an infection control/exposure control plan for the oral healthcare setting with emphasis on tuberculosis. [adapted from author]