title: Manpower: another look.
abstract: Demographic data for the general population for the year 1978 and those predicted for 1998 have been collected and compared to the number of oral and maxillofacial surgeons practicing in 1979 and predicted to be practicing in the year 1998. The implications of these predictions are discussed, and some of the pros and cons concerning suggestions offered to meet the problems that may arise are presented.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003815:Dentists / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011153:Population; D011158:Population Growth; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce