A nonprofit dental clinic in Maine and the adult education department of the local school district are partnering on a new dental assistant program to alleviate the local workforce shortage, Bangor Daily News reported May 1.
Staffing Issues
The COVID-19 pandemic saw the beginning of the Great Resignation, with dental hygienists representing one of the largest exoduses in the dental industry. But even as the pandemic wanes, few hygienists have returned to the field.
Dentists, dental assistants and dental hygienist jobs are expected to grow by 71,100 through 2030, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Massachusetts had the highest employment and concentration of jobs for oral surgeons in 2021, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Maryland had the highest number of employed orthodontists and concentration of jobs in 2021, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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California had the highest number of employed dentists in 2021, while Virginia had the highest concentration of dentist jobs, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
California had the highest number of employed dental hygienists in 2021, while Idaho had the highest concentration of hygienists per 1,000 jobs, according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From which roles are most in demand to which specialties have grown in the last 20 years, here are seven dental staffing stats to know:
Here are five dental scholarships from the last four months totaling $1,592,500:
The James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston is launching a dentistry fellowship after receiving a grant from the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation.