Distributing dentists throughout the nation.
Reports on the changes in national dental manpower levels do not describe the variations that exist at the state level. An historical and prospective review indicates an increasingly more uniform distribution of professionally active dentists (but not specialists). Despite increasing numbers of practitioners, unserved populations continue to exist in many states.
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Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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