NC's Dentist Workforce Has Grown, But Only in Well-Supplied Counties
By Julie Spero, Evan Galloway
Oct 8, 2018
- NC has moved up in the national rankings of dentists per capita, from 44th in 2013 to 37th in 2017.
- The majority of the dentist growth in the state occurred in the few counties already well-supplied with dentists, while the supply of dentists relative to population in rural and underserved counties remained largely unchanged.
This work was supported by the North Carolina Area Health
Education Centers.
