Table 2.
Comparison of the structure of dental workforce among participating countries
| Number of… | Developed |
Developing |
U-statistic | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Minimum | Maximum | |||
| Dentists | 8,773 | 92 | 186,084 | 72 | 0 | 12,144 | 9.0 | 0.005 |
| Specialists | 600 | 0 | 39,027 | 10 | 1 | 8,423 | 30.0 | 0.353 |
| Dental practices | 6,000 | 60 | 127,022 | 55 | 0 | 2,500 | 5.0 | 0.002 |
| Dental hygienists | 550 | 0 | 181,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 0.005 |
| Dental therapists | 0 | 0 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 37 | 0.634 |
| Dental nurses | 2,500 | 0 | 21,100 | 5 | 0 | 2,000 | 26.0 | 0.187 |
| Denturists | 0 | 0 | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 29.5 | 0.247 |
| Dental technicians | 620 | 0 | 4,050 | 0 | 0 | 1,100 | 13.0 | 0.013 |
| Total dental faculties | 5 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 0.232 |
| Public dental faculties | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 25.5 | 0.182 |
| Private dental faculties | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 38.5 | 0.846 |
| Graduates per year | 185 | 0 | 5,003 | 16 | 0 | 400 | 17 | 0.037 |