Core Research Area

Iowa is a leader in oral health policy research related to the training, experience, and factors that shape the dental workforce, including dentists, hygienists, assistants, and other dental workforce staff.

Dental Workforce Publications

Randomized experiment on the effect of incentives and mailing strategy on response rates in a mail survey of dentists

Thursday, March 3, 2022
Susan C. McKernan, Julie C. Reynolds, Brooke McInroy and Peter C. Damiano, Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2022

Predictors of Multiple Job-Holding among Dental Hygienists in the State of Iowa

Sunday, February 21, 2021
Predictors of Multiple Job-Holding among Dental Hygienists in the State of Iowa, Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2021

Relationship between community-level variables and number of general dentists

Sunday, April 29, 2018
Raymond A Kuthy, Susan C McKernan, Mark Pooley and M. Bridget Zimmerman

Dental Workforce Reports

Changes in dentist retirement, relocation, and net inflow of dentist supply in Iowa, 1997-2014: Fifth brief in a series

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Nyla Balakrishnan, Julie C. Reynolds, Susan C. McKernan and Raymond A. Kuthy, 2016

Changes in the hours worked per week by Iowa dentists, 1997-2013: Fourth brief in a series

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Minh Nguyen, Julie C. Reynolds, Susan C. McKernan and Raymond A. Kuthy, 2015

Changes in practice settings of Iowa dentists, 1997-2013: Third brief in a series

Saturday, August 15, 2015
Julie C. Reynolds, Susan C. McKernan and Raymond A. Kuthy, 2015