Figure 3.

Designation of dental care shortage areas in counties differentiated by how shortage areas were determined, Georgia, 2015. Dental care shortage areas were defined in 3 ways: (1) by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) criteria, which are based primarily on supply factors without the consideration of primary care physicians²⁰; (2) by criteria based on both supply and demand factors adjusted by caries for pediatric preventive dental care; and (3) by using both methods. Data source: Health professional shortage areas from HRSA.³³