وضعيت اشتغال دندانپزشكي عمومي به انواع خدمات درماني در بخش خصوصي و زمان صرف شده براي ارايه هر يك از آنها

Dental health services: which services do dentists deliver and how long do they spend for them?

Objectives: To determine delivery time, types of services and occupation percentage by each service among dentists in Tehran. Material&methods: A cross - sectional study was conducted among the general dentists who work in private clinics in Tehran. 100 dentists were chosen randomly. They filled out a self-administered questionnaire. In order to determine the time spent on each service by the dentists, the median of data was calculated as the central indice. Results & Conclusion: The list of dental treatments was determined by median time for delivering each of them. The useful working time was 90000 minutes for each dentist during a year. The results of this study can be used in planning of dental workforce.