Dental Pacts


The dental profession is organized differently than medicine:

80% of dentists are general practitioners and primary dental care providers

The greatest percentage of dental care is rendered by one practitioner at a single site

Almost all dental care is done on an out-patient basis

There is a relatively small number of categories of dental auxiliary personnel [and probably a relatively small number of auxiliaries per dentist]

There is no central facility, like a hospital, where dentists interact on a daily basis

Dentists own, equip and operate their own "hospital," i.e., their dental office, without public subsidy