Table 4.

DENTASSim scenario 2 “Minimal Direct Access” clinical hours by % of examinations undertaken by dental therapists

% of examinations undertaken by dental therapists	Proportion of clinical time by dentists for all clinical hours (%)	Dentists total clinical hours	Proportion of clinical time by dental therapists for all clinical hours (%)	Dental therapists total clinical hours
0	70.5	13,610,437	29.5	5,683,801
10	67.6	13,042,313	32.4	6,251,925
20	64.7	12,474,190	35.3	6,820,048
30	61.7	11,906,067	38.3	7,388,171
40	58.8	11,337,944	41.2	7,956,294
50	55.8	10,769,821	44.2	8,524,418
60	52.9	10,201,697	47.1	9,092,541
70	49.9	9,633,574	50.1	9,660,664
80	47.0	9,065,451	53.0	10,228,787
90	44.0	8,497,328	56.0	10,796,910
100	41.1	7,929,205	58.9	11,365,034

Age-specific clinical time in hours for dental therapists are in bold, and the regular font represents dentists’ clinical hours.