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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Dent. 2016 Dec 6;77(2):125–135. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12186

Table 4.

Career Trajectories for Professionally Active American Indian/Alaska Native Dentists

Initial to Current Primary Practice Type Count Percent of Total Percent of Sub- Total Community-Based Experience (CBE) Percent CBE by Progression Type
 Traditional to Traditional 238 60.7% 95.2% 199 83.6%
 Traditional to Safety-net 8 2.0% 3.2% 8 100.0%
 Traditional to Education 4 1.1% 1.6% * *

Traditional Sub-Total 250 63.9% 100% 207 82.8%

 Corporate to Corporate 3 1.3% 37.5% 3 100.0%
 Corporate to Traditional 5 0.7% 62.5% 5 100.0%

Corporate Sub-Total 8 1.9% 100% 8 100%

 Safety-net to Safety-net 64 16.3% 52.0% 59 92.2%
 Safety-net to Traditional 49 12.5% 39.8% 39 79.6%
 Safety-net to Corporate 2 0.5% 1.6% 2 100.0%
 Safety-net to Public Sector 5 1.3% 4.1% 5 100.0%
 Safety-net to Education 3 0.8% 2.4% * *

Safety-net Sub-Total 123 31.5% 100% 105 85.4%

 Public Sector to Public Sector 3 0.8% 37.5% 3 100.0%
 Public Sector to Traditional 5 1.3% 62.5% 5 100.0%

Public Sector Sub-Total 8 2.1% 100% 8 100.0%

 Education to Education 3 0.7% 100.0% 3 100.0%

Education Sub-Total 3 0.7% 100% 3 100.0%

Totals 392 100% 331 84.4%
*

Missing