Research to assist in oral health workforce planning
OHWRC is engaged in a number of research projects aimed to assess the current oral health workforce and the delivery of oral health services in the US, and to assist federal and state policy makers in future oral health workforce planning.
Current research projects include:
- Conducting a Consumer Survey focused on Barriers and Facilitators of Access to Oral Health Services
- Administering a National Study of the Practice Characteristics of Women in Dentistry and Potential Impacts on Access to Care for Underserved Communities
- Exploring the Impacts of Dental Post-Graduate Residency Training on Choice of Practice Setting
- A Comparative Study of Dental Providers’ Prescriptive Patterns of Opioids Analgesics
- Curricular Content Used by Dental Schools to Teach Recognition and Management of Substance Use Disorders
- Contributions of General and Specialty Dentists to the Provisions of Oral Health Services for People with Special Health Care Needs
- A Study of the Alignment of Rural Workforce Policy with Access to Oral Health Services in Rural Communities
- Consumer Survey Focused on Parents’ Experiences Accessing Oral Health Care Services for Their Children
- A Compendium of Innovations in Oral Health Service Delivery