The emerging profile of dental manpower in Oklahoma. 2. Tulsa county

This is the second report of a three part study. Part I focused upon the dental manpower profile of Oklahoma County between the years 1972-1989. Part II emphasizes the dental manpower profile of Tulsa County. Part III, will be inclusive of the dental manpower profile of all other Oklahoma counties. In all phases of the study, data has been assessed for general practitioners, specialists, full-time general practice dental faculty, full-time specialist dental faculty, and public health dentists. The demographic data analyzed in Part I, revealed an increasing average of the dentists from 45.33 years of age in 1972 advancing to 48.83 years of age in 1989 for Oklahoma County. The data presented in Part II documents that in Tulsa County there was an increase in age from 45.68 in 1972 to 50.60 in 1989. Trends in location of dental school education, demonstrated that the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is currently the primary resource for the dental manpower pool in Tulsa and Oklahoma Counties. Changes in the dental manpower pool indicate a downward turn in the percentage of dentists choosing to locate in either Tulsa or Oklahoma County.