title: Mapping dental establishments in Oklahoma just before the recession.
abstract: Census Bureau data indicate a continuing increase in the number and size of dental establishments in the period just prior to the recent recession. During this same period, the combination of a limited increase of the population in Oklahoma and limited proportional increase in the numbers of dentists and dental establishments resulted in decreases in population-to-dental facility ratios. The usual favorable expectations of an economic upswing after a recession for dental establishments may need to be tempered given these developments.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, USA.
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D003770:Dental Offices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003797:Dental Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003815:Dentists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057172:Economic Recession; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009825:Oklahoma; D011157:Population Dynamics