Dental workforce 2011

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Release Date: 24 Jan 2013

Topic: Workforce

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Dental workforce 2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 26 April 2024.

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The number of dental practitioners registered in Australia in 2011 was 18,803, of whom 14,179 were dentists. The supply of employed dentists increased from 50.9 to 56.1 full-time equivalent practitioners per 100,000 population between 2006 and 2011, which reflected a 22.4% increase in dentists. The gender balance continued to shift, with women making up 35.6% of dentists in 2011 compared with 29.0% in 2006. The average hours worked each week by dentists decreased slightly from 38.5 to 37.4.

ISSN: 1446 9820
ISBN: 978-1-74249-397-8
Cat. no: HWL 50
Pages: 135

Preliminary pages
- Title & verso title
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Technical notes
- Summary
  - Size of dental workforce
  - Demography
  - Working arrangements
Body content
- 1 Introduction
  - Dental practitioners in Australia
  - National registration of dental practitioners
  - Dental Workforce Survey
  - Additional information
- 2 Composition of the dental workforce
- 3 Dentists
  - Registered dentists
    - At a glance
    - Workforce status
  - Dentists employed in dentistry in Australia
    - Age and sex
    - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dentists
    - Field of dentistry
    - Dental specialists
    - Country of first dental qualification
    - Work setting
    - Working hours
  - Geographic profile of employed dentists
    - Remoteness areas of Australia
    - States and territories of Australia
  - Supply of employed dentists
    - Overall supply
    - Supply of clinicians
- 4 Dental hygienists
  - Registered dental hygienists
  - Dental hygienists employed in dental hygiene in Australia
    - Age and sex
    - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dental hygienists
    - Field of dental hygiene
    - Work setting
    - Working hours
  - Remoteness areas
  - Employment sector
  - Geographic profile of employed dental hygienists
  - Supply of dental hygienists
  - Supply of employed dental hygienists
- 5 Dental therapists
  - Registered dental therapists
  - Dental therapists employed in dental therapy in Australia
  - Area of dentistry
  - Work setting
  - States and territories
  - Remoteness areas
  - Employment sector
  - Geographic profile of employed dental therapists
  - Supply of dental therapists
- 6 Dental prosthetists
  - Registered dental prosthetists
  - Dental prosthetists employed in dental prosthetics in Australia
  - Area of dentistry
  - Work setting
  - States and territories
  - Remoteness areas
  - Employment sector
  - Geographic profile of employed dental prosthetists
  - Supply of dental prosthetists
- 7 Oral health therapists
  - Registered oral health therapists
  - Oral health therapists employed in oral health therapy in Australia
  - Area of dentistry
  - Work setting
  - States and territories
  - Remoteness areas
  - Employment sector
  - Geographic profile of employed oral health therapists
  - Supply of oral health therapists
- 8 Sources of new entrants and re-entrants to the dental workforce
  - Dental practitioner training
  - Dental practitioners not employed in dental health
End matter
- Appendix A: Explanatory notes on Dental Workforce 2011 data sources
  - A.1 National Health Workforce Data Set: dental practitioners
  - A.2 National Registration and Accreditation Scheme registration data
  - A.3 Dental Workforce Survey
  - A.4 Data inconsistencies between survey and registration data
  - A.5 Comparison with previous Dental Labour Force Survey data
  - A.6 Comparison with ABS Census data
- Appendix B: 2011 dental registration numbers from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Appendix C: Additional information available from the AIHW website
- Appendix D: Population estimates
- Appendix E: Data Quality Statement: National Health Workforce Data Set: dental practitioners 2011
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