Situation of Dentists in Oral Health Delivery System., 2005.

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to analyse the situation of quantity, distribution of dentist in “Oral Health Delivery System”, Thailand. and drop out rate of dentist from office of Permanent Secretary for Public Health. Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). The data was collected from 3 sources : (1) Data base of The Dental Council Member, 2005. (2) Data Base of Dental Public Health Personnel by Dental Health Division, Department of Health, 1999-2005. (3) Data of Resigned Dentist in 1999-2005 from Bureau of Central Administration, Office of Permanent Secretary for Public Health. MOPH. The results showed that the quantity of dentist in 2005 was 8,443 with 37.37 percent male and 62.63 percent female. 43.80 percent had yearwork less than 10 years, which included 15.33 percent of compulsory dentists (yearwork less than 3 years). 53.9 percent was in private sector. The dentist to population ratio was 1:1,305 in Bangkok and 1:21,120 in north-eastern region. Dentist who worked for the Office of Permanent Secretary for Public Health decreased, year by year, continually. Percentage of remain dentist, who worked

were 69.70 and 48.91 respectively. There was 57.08 percent of district (Ampur) had dentist to population ratio more than 1:20,000. Trend of resigned dentist increased yearly : 19.23 percent in 1999 to 46.52 percent in 2005.