2019 Dentist Workforce Report Based on 2017-2019 Licensure Renewal Data Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce Published Summer 2020 1 Characteristics of Licensed Dentists Practicing in Georgia, 2019 In 2019, there were 5,143 dentists actively practicing in the state of Georgia. Between 2017 and 2019, there has been an increase of 450 dentists practicing in Georgia, or a growth of 9.6% since 2017. The rate of dentists per 100,000 people is 48.43 in 2019 (using the Census 2019 population estimate of 10,617,423)1. This represents an increase of 2.94 dentists per 100,000 population from the 2017 report. According to the American Dental Association (ADA), the rate of dentists to 100,000 population in the entire United States was 61.0 in 20182, which places Georgia's rate among the lowest 20% of states. There were 21 counties with no dentists, which represents a population of 179,685 (using Census 2019 population estimate). This is a decrease of 19,632 Georgians who do not have a dentist practicing in their county from 2017. The Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook shows that the dentist occupation is expected to grow by 7% between 2018-2028, which is faster than the average for other occupations3. 1 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/GA# 2 https://www.ada.org/en/science-research/health-policy-institute/dental-statistics/workforce 3 https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dentists.htm 2 Distribution of Dentists by Age Group Distribution by Age Group >65 17% <35 14% 60-64 12% 35-39 11% 55-59 9% 50-54 11% 40-44 13% 45-49 13% The 2019 Dental Survey indicates the average age of licensed dentists actively practicing in Georgia is 50.27 years old. The largest age group consists of those 65 or older, constituting 17% of the total. The smallest age group is those aged 55-59, which is 9% of the total. The ADA stated that the largest age group nationally was 35-44, at 23.4% of the total dentists in the U.S2. In addition, a slightly smaller percentage of dentists nationally were over age 65 (15.8% from ADA) 2. Together this indicates that Georgia's dentist workforce is older than that of the national average. PERCENTAGE Distribution by Age Group, 2015-2019 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 <35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 >64 2015 2017 2019 Since 2015, the percentage of dentists in the <35, 50-54, 60-64, and >64 age groups has increased. The percentage of dentists in the 35-39, 40-44, and 55-59 age groups has decreased, while the 45-49 age group has stayed approximately the same. 3 Distribution of Dentists by Gender Female 32% Male 68% Of the 5,143 respondents in 2019, 3,408 (68%) are male and 1,600 (32%) are female. This represents a small increase in the percentage of female dentists since 2017, when 31% of respondents identified as female. In 2018, the ADA stated that 32.3% of dentists nationally were female4. In comparison with the ADA's dentist data for other states, Georgia's percentage female is above the national average. PERCENTAGE Distribution by Gender, 2015-2019 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 FEMALE MALE 2015 2017 2019 Since 2015, the percentage of dentists who identify as female has increased, while the percentage male has decreased. The number of female dentists has increased by 22.8% since 2015 (from 1,303 in 2015 to 1,600 in 2019). 4 https://www.ada.org/en/science-research/health-policy-institute/dental-statistics/workforce 4 Distribution of Work Hours per Week Distribution of Work Hours per Week Less than 30 21% 30 hours or more 79% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Distribution of Work Hours by Gender Less than 30 30 hours or more Female Male In 2019, 79% of dentists reported working 30 hours or more per week, which is down from 80% of dentists in 2017. In 2019, male dentists are more likely to report working 30 hours or more per week than female dentists. 5 Distribution of Dentists by Specialty The vast majority of dentists (75%) practice in general dentistry in 2019. The remaining 25% of dentists practice in other specialties, namely orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (6%), pediatric dentistry (6%), oral and maxillofacial surgery (4%), periodontics (3%) and endodontics (3%). 6 Distribution of Practicing Dentists in Georgia, 2015-2019 Total Dentists by Year, 2015-2019 5,200 5,143 5,000 TOTAL DENTISTS 4,800 4,600 4,400 4,454 4,693 4,200 4,000 2015 2017 YEAR OF LICENSURE 2019 GBHCW began reporting on the dentist supply and distribution in Georgia in 2015. Between 2015 and 2017, the percentage growth in total dentists was 5.4%. Between 2017 and 2019, the percentage growth in total dentists was 9.6%. 7 Distribution of Practicing Dentists by Georgia County, 20152019 COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA APPLING ATKINSON BACON BAKER BALDWIN BANKS BARROW BARTOW BEN HILL BERRIEN BIBB BLECKLEY BRANTLEY BROOKS BRYAN BULLOCH BURKE BUTTS CALHOUN CAMDEN CANDLER CARROLL CATOOSA CHARLTON CHATHAM CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAY CLAYTON CLINCH COBB COFFEE COLQUITT COLUMBIA COOK COWETA CRAWFORD CRISP DADE DAWSON DECATUR DEKALB DODGE DOOLY DOUGHERTY DOUGLAS EARLY GENERAL DENTISTRY 3,764 2 0 2 0 15 0 18 28 7 3 68 2 1 0 14 21 2 3 3 17 1 35 14 1 127 0 7 94 53 0 31 1 377 12 10 62 5 39 0 8 1 11 8 307 9 2 36 36 3 OTHER PRACTICE TYPE 1,379 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 0 0 28 0 0 0 11 8 0 0 0 3 0 8 8 0 57 0 0 45 15 0 5 0 149 4 2 38 0 14 0 0 1 4 1 107 1 0 12 17 0 TOTAL DENTISTS 5,143 2 0 2 0 18 0 19 37 7 3 96 2 1 0 25 29 2 3 3 20 1 43 22 1 184 0 7 139 68 0 36 1 526 16 12 100 5 53 0 8 2 15 9 414 10 2 48 53 3 POPULATION (2019) 10,617,423 18,386 8,165 11,164 3,038 44,890 19,234 83,240 107,738 16,700 19,397 153,159 12,873 19,109 15,457 39,627 79,608 22,383 24,936 6,189 54,666 10,803 119,992 67,580 13,392 289,430 10,907 24,789 258,773 128,331 2,834 292,256 6,618 760,141 43,273 45,600 156,714 17,270 148,509 12,404 22,372 16,116 26,108 26,404 759,297 20,605 13,390 87,956 146,343 10,190 RATE PER 100,000 48.4 10.9 0.0 17.9 0.0 40.1 0.0 22.8 34.3 41.9 15.5 62.7 15.5 5.2 0.0 63.1 36.4 8.9 12.0 48.5 36.6 9.3 35.8 32.6 7.5 63.6 0.0 28.2 53.7 53.0 0.0 12.3 15.1 69.2 37.0 26.3 63.8 29.0 35.7 0.0 35.8 12.4 57.5 34.1 54.5 48.5 14.9 54.6 36.2 29.4 8 COUNTY ECHOLS EFFINGHAM ELBERT EMANUEL EVANS FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN FULTON GILMER GLASCOCK GLYNN GORDON GRADY GREENE GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL HANCOCK HARALSON HARRIS HART HEARD HENRY HOUSTON IRWIN JACKSON JASPER JEFF DAVIS JEFFERSON JENKINS JOHNSON JONES LAMAR LANIER LAURENS LEE LIBERTY LINCOLN LONG LOWNDES LUMPKIN MACON MADISON MARION MCDUFFIE MCINTOSH MERIWETHER MILLER MITCHELL MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN MURRAY GENERAL DENTISTRY 0 12 4 6 3 7 76 25 68 5 606 11 1 41 13 5 12 373 15 76 1 7 7 7 0 70 40 0 23 2 1 4 1 2 5 2 1 16 8 18 3 0 38 8 3 1 0 9 3 4 1 4 5 8 3 OTHER PRACTICE TYPE 0 2 2 0 1 0 35 14 26 0 281 2 0 10 1 1 5 143 5 28 0 0 0 0 0 23 15 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 12 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 TOTAL DENTISTS 0 14 6 6 4 7 111 39 94 5 887 13 1 51 14 6 17 516 20 104 1 7 7 7 0 93 55 0 30 2 1 4 1 2 5 2 1 19 8 23 3 0 50 10 4 4 0 9 3 5 1 4 5 1 9 3 POPULATION (2019) 4,006 64,296 19,194 22,646 10,654 26,188 114,421 98,498 244,252 23,349 1,063,937 31,369 2,971 85,292 57,963 24,633 18,324 936,250 45,328 204,441 8,457 29,792 35,236 26,205 11,923 234,561 157,863 9,416 72,977 14,219 15,115 15,362 8,676 9,643 28,735 19,077 10,423 47,546 29,992 61,435 7,921 19,559 117,406 33,610 12,947 29,880 8,359 21,312 14,378 21,167 5,718 21,863 27,578 9,172 19,276 40,096 RATE PER 100,000 0.0 21.8 31.3 26.5 37.5 26.7 97.0 39.6 38.5 21.4 83.4 41.4 33.7 59.8 24.2 24.4 92.8 55.1 44.1 50.9 11.8 23.5 19.9 26.7 0.0 39.6 34.8 0.0 41.1 14.1 6.6 26.0 11.5 20.7 17.4 10.5 9.6 40.0 26.7 37.4 37.9 0.0 42.6 29.8 30.9 13.4 0.0 42.2 20.9 23.6 17.5 18.3 18.1 10.9 46.7 7.5 9 COUNTY MUSCOGEE NEWTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE PAULDING PEACH PICKENS PIERCE PIKE POLK PULASKI PUTNAM QUITMAN RABUN RANDOLPH RICHMOND ROCKDALE SCHLEY SCREVEN SEMINOLE SPALDING STEPHENS STEWART SUMTER TALBOT TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TAYLOR TELFAIR TERRELL THOMAS TIFT TOOMBS TOWNS TREUTLEN TROUP TURNER TWIGGS UNION UPSON WALKER WALTON WARE WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBSTER WHEELER WHITE WHITFIELD WILCOX WILKES WILKINSON WORTH GENERAL DENTISTRY 79 16 20 0 30 13 9 4 3 7 1 4 0 8 1 103 47 0 3 4 17 9 4 11 0 0 6 1 2 1 15 10 12 4 1 29 5 0 7 5 9 35 15 0 4 4 0 0 7 32 2 2 1 2 OTHER PRACTICE TYPE 35 3 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 68 23 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 TOTAL DENTISTS 114 19 28 0 35 13 10 4 3 8 1 5 0 8 2 171 70 0 3 4 23 12 4 12 0 0 7 1 2 1 21 13 14 4 1 35 5 0 7 6 9 41 18 0 5 5 0 0 7 43 2 2 1 2 POPULATION (2019) 195,769 111,744 40,280 15,259 168,667 27,546 32,591 19,465 18,962 42,613 11,137 22,119 2,299 17,137 6,778 202,518 90,896 5,257 13,966 8,090 66,703 25,925 6,621 29,524 6,195 1,537 25,286 8,020 15,860 8,531 44,451 40,644 26,830 12,037 6,901 69,922 7,985 8,120 24,511 26,320 69,761 94,593 35,734 5,254 20,374 29,927 2,607 7,855 30,798 104,628 8,635 9,777 8,954 20,247 RATE PER 100,000 58.2 17.0 69.5 0.0 20.8 47.2 30.7 20.5 15.8 18.8 9.0 22.6 0.0 46.7 29.5 84.4 77.0 0.0 21.5 49.4 34.5 46.3 60.4 40.6 0.0 0.0 27.7 12.5 12.6 11.7 47.2 32.0 52.2 33.2 14.5 50.1 62.6 0.0 28.6 22.8 12.9 43.3 50.4 0.0 24.5 16.7 0.0 0.0 22.7 41.1 23.2 20.5 11.2 9.9 10 Counties with no Dentists, 2019 Note: the number of dentists is listed below each county name Dade 2 Catoosa 22 Murray Fannin 7 Towns Union 4 Rabun 8 Walker Whitfield 3 9 43 Chattooga Gordon Gilmer 13 Pickens 7 White Haber- Lumpkin 10 7 sham 20 Stephens 12 7 Floyd 39 14 Bartow 37 10 Dawson 15 Cherokee Forsyth 139 94 Hall 104 Franklin Banks 5 Hart 7 Jackson Madison Elbert Polk 8 Cobb Paulding 526 30 4 6 Gwinnett Barrow Clarke 516 19 68 Oglethorpe Haralson 7 Carroll 43 35 Oco- CDoowu5eg3tlaasFa1yF1e8u1Ct8ltt7oela3ny6tDone4HK14e9anl3bryRdo7ac0lek-Ne1wW9tJo4aanl1tsopneMr or9gPaun2net8neamGr1e7ene Wilkes Lincoln 2 3 Taliaferro Mc- Columbia W arrenDuffie 9 100 Richmond Heard 53 Spalding Butts 2 23 3 5 Hancock Glas- 1 cock 171 Troup 35 Meriwether Pike Lamar 5 3 2 Monroe 5 Upson Baldwin Jones 18 5 1 Jefferson Washington 4 5 Burke 2 Harris 7 Muscogee 114 Chattahoochee 6 Talbot Bibb W ilkinson Crawford 96 Twiggs 1 Taylor 1 Peach 13 Marion Macon Houston Bleckley 55 2 Schley 4 Pulaski Laurens 19 Johnson 2 Jenkins 1 Emanuel 6 Screven 3 Treutlen 1 Mont- Candler Bulloch Effingham 1 29 14 Stewart 4 W eb- ster Sumter 12 Quit- man Terrell Lee Randolph 1 8 2 Clay Calhoun Dougherty 3 48 Early Dooly 2 Crisp 8 1 W ilcox 2 Dodge 10 gomery Evans Wheeler 1 Toombs 4 14 Tattnall Telfair 7 2 Jeff Ben Hill Davis Appling Long Turner 5 Worth Tift 2 13 7 Irwin Coffee 16 1 2 Bacon 2 W ayne 5 Pierce Bryan 25 Liberty 23 Chatham 184 McIntosh 3 3 Miller 1 Baker Mitchell 4 Colquitt 12 Berrien Atkinson Cook 3 5 Lanier W are 18 4 Brantley 1 Glynn 51 Semi- nole Decatur 4 9 Grady Thomas 6 21 Brooks 1 Lowndes Clinch 1 Charlton 1 Camden 20 50 Echols In the 2017 Dentist Workforce Report, twenty-three counties had no dentists practicing there. This year, twenty-one counties have no dentists practicing there. Since 2017, six counties have gained a dentist: Hancock, Jenkins, Pulaski, Montgomery, Crawford, and Randolph. However, three counties have lost a dentist since 2017: Wheeler, Talbot, and Irwin. 11 Concentration of Dentists, Rate of Dentists per 100,000 2019 Note: the number of dentists is listed below each county name Dade 2 Catoosa 22 Murray Fannin 7 Towns Union 4 Rabun 8 Walker Whitfield 3 9 43 Chattooga Gordon Gilmer 13 Pickens 7 White Haber- Lumpkin 10 7 sham 20 Stephens 12 7 Floyd 39 14 Bartow 37 10 Dawson 15 Cherokee Forsyth 139 94 Hall 104 Franklin Banks 5 Hart 7 Jackson Madison Elbert RATE PER 100,000 0 1-19 20-39 40-59 NUMBER OF COUNTIES 21 39 55 31 Polk 8 Cobb Paulding 526 30 4 6 Gwinnett Barrow Clarke 516 19 68 Oglethorpe > 60 13 Haralson 7 Carroll 43 35 Oco- CDoowu5eg3tlaasFa1yF1e8u1Ct8ltt7oela3ny6tDone4HK14e9anl3bryRdo7ac0lek-Ne1wW9tJo4aanl1tsopneMr or9gPaun2net8neamGr1e7ene Wilkes Lincoln 2 3 TaliafeWrroarrenDMu9fcf-ieCol1u0mR0ibcihamond Heard 53 Spalding Butts 2 23 3 5 Hancock Glas- 1 cock 171 Troup 35 Meriwether Pike Lamar 5 3 2 Monroe 5 Upson Baldwin Jones 18 5 1 Jefferson Washington 4 5 Burke 2 Harris 7 Muscogee 114 Chattahoochee 6 Bibb W ilkinson Jenkins Talbot Crawford 96 Twiggs 1 Taylor 1 Peach 13 Johnson 1 2 Emanuel 6 Screven 3 Marion Houston Bleckley Macon 55 2 Laurens 19 Treutlen 1 Candler Bulloch Effingham 1 29 14 Schley 4 Pulaski Mont- Stewart 4 W eb- ster Sumter 12 Quit- man Terrell Lee Randolph 2 1 8 Clay Calhoun Dougherty 3 48 Early Dooly 2 Crisp 8 1 W ilcox 2 Dodge 10 gomery Evans Wheeler 1 Toombs 4 14 Tattnall Telfair 7 2 Jeff Turner Ben Hill 7 Davis Appling 1 2 Long 5 W orth 2 Tift 13 Irwin Coffee 16 Bacon 2 W ayne 5 Pierce Bryan 25 Liberty 23 Chatham 184 McIntosh 3 3 Miller 1 Baker Mitchell 4 Colquitt 12 Berrien Atkinson Cook 3 5 Lanier W are 18 4 Brantley 1 Glynn 51 Semi- nole Decatur 4 9 Grady Thomas 6 21 Brooks 1 Lowndes Clinch 1 Charlton 1 Camden 20 50 Echols 12 Acknowledgements This report was produced under the direction of LaSharn Hughes, MBA, Executive Director; Leanna Greenwood, MA, Senior Data Analyst; G.E.Alan Dever, MD, PhD; and Jocelyn Hart, Data Analyst. The Board would like to thank the Georgia Board of Dentistry for providing dentist renewal survey data. The Dentist Workforce Report can be viewed and downloaded on the internet at https://healthcareworkforce.georgia.gov/dentistry-workforce-reports. The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce welcomes comments and suggestions for future editions of this report. Please send comments to leanna.greenwood@dch.ga.gov. Please follow us on Twitter: @GABoardHCW 13