Dentists and sub-bachelor's degree allied health manpower

The responses of 176 randomly selected dentists to a written questionnaire were used to assess the attitudes and perceptions of dentists toward subbachelor degree allied health workers. Particularly, demographic characteristics of dentists who employ allied health workers, the patterns of how the dentists utilize the allied health workers, and the dentists' attitudes toward aspects of allied health training were the main points covered. Findings indicate that practicing dentists have a mixed view of the role that paramedical workers can have in increasing dentists' productivity. Although most surveyed dentists agress that auxiliary personal are useful in filing nondental roles, many dentists also are delegating dental functions to these workers.