Rural Dentistry 2.0
RHAC work project proposal
January 2016
Office of Rural Health & Primary Care – for the Rural Health Advisory Committee
Rural-urban distribution of
all oral health practitioners in MN
Source: Minnesota Board of Dentistry, December 2013. Includes all providers who have an active license and report practicing in
Minnesota and had a valid Minnesota mailing address. Does not include providers who report active practice in Minnesota with an out of
state mailing address. Population distribution information for Minnesota and the U.S. comes from MDH calculations, and Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ Pub No. 12-P001-4-EF, respectively.
Dentists per 100,000 population
Source: Minnesota Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Includes all dentists who have an active license and
report practicing in Minnesota (“active practicing in state”) and who reported a valid Minnesota mailing address (N=2,885).
Age distribution of MN oral health providers
Source: Minnesota Board of Dentistry, December 2013. Includes all professionals who have an active license and report practicing in
Minnesota (“Active Practice in State”).
Future plans to practice in MN
Source: Minnesota Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Includes all providers who have an active license, report
practicing in Minnesota (“active practicing in state”), and who responded to the MDH workforce survey during their license
renewal. Anywhere from zero to three percent didn’t respond to the question.
Future plans of MN dentists
Source: Minnesota Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Includes all dentists who have an active license, report a
Minnesota mailing address, and who responded to the MDH workforce survey during their license renewal (N=1,342). Just over three
percent of dentists did not respond to the survey question about future plans (N=52).
Type of establishment by rurality
Minnesota Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Includes all dentists who have an active license and who responded to the MDH workforce survey
during their license renewal and are working in a paid position as a dentist and have a valid Minnesota address (N=1,299). A total of 80 dentists (6 percent) who
completed the survey did not respond to this question. Small group is 2-4 dentists and large group is 5 or more. Survey question: “What type of practice setting is this
site?”
Type of establishment by age group
Source: MN Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Includes all dentists who have an active license and who responded to the
MDH workforce survey during their license renewal and are working in a paid position as a dentist (N=1,335). A total of 80 dentists (6
percent) who completed the survey did not respond to this question. Small group is 2-4 dentists and large group is 5 or more.
Type of establishment by gender
Minnesota Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Includes all dentists who have an active license and who responded to the MDH
workforce survey during their license renewal and are working in a paid position as a dentist (N=1,335). A total of 80 dentists (6 percent) who
completed the survey did not respond to this question. Small group is 2-4 dentists and large group is 5 or more. Survey question: “What type of
practice setting is this site?”
Expanded roles reported by dentists
Source: Minnesota Department of Health Workforce Survey, 2012-2013. Figure 1-7 includes all dentists who have an active license,
report practicing in Minnesota (“active practicing in state”), who responded to the MDH workforce survey during their license renewal,
and who report a Minnesota mailing address (N=1,342). Three percent of dentists are missing (N=39).