Table 3.

Initial and Current Practice Settings of American Indian/Alaska Native Dentists

Practice Setting	Practice Type	Initial Primary Practice Setting† (n=430)	Current Primary Practice Setting‡ (n=433)	Average Year of Joining Current Primary Practice¶ (n=414)	Current Secondary Practice Setting‡ (n=105)
Solo Practice	Traditional	35.8% (n= 154)	63.4% (n= 275)	1997	2.7% (n= 4)
Associate	Traditional	17.0% (n= 73)	5.3% (n= 23)	2007	3.1 (n= 5)
Contractor	Traditional	5.4% (n= 23)	1.7% (n= 7)	2010	11.3% (n= 12)
Group Practice	Traditional	5.5% (n= 24)	6.6% (n= 29)	2004	1.2% (n= 2)
Corporate	Corporate	1.8% (n= 8)	1.0% (n= 5)	2008	2.7% (n= 4)
Local or Federal Government	Public	1.6% (n= 7)	1.3% (n=6)	2010	0.0% (n=0)
Public Health Corps	Public	0.7% (n= 3)	0.0% (n= 0)	*	4.7% (n= 7)
IHS	Safety-net	15.8% (n= 68)	4.0% (n= 18)	2003	12.2% (n= 18)
Civil Hire on Indian Land	Safety-net	5.5% (n= 24)	6.3% (n= 28)	2011	0.0% (n= 0)
Health Center	Safety-net	4.2% (n= 18)	4.3% (n= 19)	2007	1.3% (n= 2)
Hospital	Safety-net	0.0% (n= 0)	0.0% (n= 0)	*	5.1% (n= 8)
Armed Forces	Safety-net	4.8% (n= 21)	1.6% (n= 7)	2002	3.4% (n= 5)
Prison	Safety-net	1.2% (n= 5)	0.0% (n= 0)	*	23.2% (n= 24)
Educational Institution	Education	0.6% (n= 3)	2.9% (n= 13)	1997	9.1 (n= 14)
Industry	Industry	0.0% (n= 0)	0.9% (n= 4)	1959	0.0 (n= 0)

^*Missing data

^†Asked of all respondents (n=442)

^‡Asked of all professionally active respondents (n=438)

^¶Asked of clinically active dentists (n=425)