Are we maintaining the ratio of private practicing pediatric dentists to the number of children?
Using recent ADA and Bureau of the Census reports, national, region and state ratios of pediatric dentists per 100,000 children are provided for the mid-1990s. While national averages continue to improve, there are wide variations at more local levels.
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Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8706, USA.
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