Dental practices in the suburbs were less affected by staff vacancies when it came to filling their appointment schedules than urban or rural practices, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.
Staffing Issues
Staffing issues in dental have become as common as a toothache, but they don't have to be.
Dental practices with 10 or more dentists had more trouble filling their appointment schedules due to staff vacancies than smaller practices, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.
More than 40 percent of non-owner dentists said their practices lacked appointments in January because of staff vacancies, compared to 32.3 percent of owners dentists, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.
Community organizations are collaborating to fill gaps in oral healthcare for people living in a rural Missouri county, Ky3 reported Jan. 31.
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The American Dental Association has launched a new series of articles highlighting challenges dental practices are facing with recruiting, hiring and training staff, the dental association said Jan. 31.
More than half of DSO-affiliated dental practices could not fill their appointment schedule 100 percent due to vacant staff positions, according to a recent poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
The majority of dentists who own a practice consider recruiting dental hygienists and dental assistants "extremely challenging," according to a recent poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
The majority of dental practices in the U.S. have not recently recruited and are not currently recruiting staff, according to a monthly poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
Lincoln Technical Institute introduced a new dental assisting program at its Iselin, N.J., campus.