Staffing Issues

TempStars, a dental temping and hiring service, has provided its staffing services to 500 U.S. dental practices. 

Here are seven dental workforce updates Becker's has reported on since March 3:

More than 200,000 dentists will be needed to meet patient demand by 2030, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration.

Staffing is the top challenge dentists anticipate facing within the next six months, with 66.3 percent of dentists citing it as a concern, according to a recent poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

The Association of Dental Support Organizations launched a task force to address staffing issues in dental practices. 

Fifty-one percent of dentists who are owners or partners have stayed at the same practice for more than 20 years, according to DentalPost's "2023 Dental Salary Survey" annual report.

Dental hygienists remained the most challenging role for dentists to recruit in December, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park, Minn., has cut the ribbon on its $1 million dental assistant training facility, CCX Media reported Jan. 10.

The dental industry is still dealing with a shortage of providers exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly dental assistants and hygienists. 

A nonprofit dental clinic in Vermont is pausing its services because of a lack of qualified employees, VTDigger reported Jan. 2.