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Christine M Blue¹, Mary Beth Kaylor²

¹School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

|April 27, 2016

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Dental therapists in Minnesota are increasing access to care, particularly for uninsured patients. Dentists

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Oral Health
Public Health
Health Services Research

Background:

A significant shortage of dentists and limited access to oral healthcare prompted the introduction of dental therapists in Minnesota.
Dental therapy graduates have been practicing since 2012, but their integration into dental practices has not been formally studied.

Purpose of the Study:

To establish baseline knowledge of dental therapists' practice patterns in Minnesota.
To determine if dentists' work patterns changed following the employment of a dental therapist.

Main Methods:

Four diverse dental practices in Minnesota were purposefully selected for the study.
Practice management software data from January-March 2015 were analyzed to describe dental therapist activities, patient demographics, and payer mix.
Data from six months before and after dental therapist employment were collected to assess changes in dentists' practice patterns.

Main Results:

Dental therapists worked full-time, averaging 6.8 patients daily, with restorative services constituting 68% of their work.
They treated a high proportion of uninsured or publicly assisted patients (up to 90%).
Dentists delegated a comprehensive range of procedures, and in two practices, dentists began performing more complex procedures.

Conclusions:

Dental therapists are enhancing access to dental care in both rural and urban Minnesota by serving a large number of uninsured and underinsured individuals.
Dentists appear to have sufficient workloads and are effectively delegating tasks within the scope of dental therapy.
A notable finding was that dentists performed fewer restorative and preventive procedures after hiring a dental therapist.