Created by Nyah Daniels
Covid had a negative impact of those not only in Healthcare but also in Dental health.
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More graphs for data from 2001 to 2021 can be found here.
The above link shows the supply of dentists per 100,000 population from 2001 – 2021. While it looks like there has been an overall rise in the number of dentists in the population, there was a noticeable decrease across the country from 2020 to 2021. Perhaps, as seen in this article by the American Dental Association, the COVID pandemic could be an explanation. The article states that dental practices in the US suffered from staffing shortages and many older dentists started accelerating retirement starting in 2020.
