Waldman H B
Department of Dental Health School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stoney Brook.
Dent Assist (1931). 1991 Jul-Aug;60(4):4-6.
This paper reviews changes over the last decade in the numbers and demographic characteristics of dental auxiliary students, as well as changes in levels of financial compensation for dental auxiliaries. Responding to dental team workforce shortages reported by dentists across the nation, the ADA, state and local dental and dental team organizations have been working to promote recruitment and retention programs for dental assisting dental hygiene, and laboratory technology. By now you have heard about it, read about it, and probably have been part of it. Dental practices are changing and dentists are eagerly seeking increasing numbers of auxiliaries. But in reality, fewer and fewer dental assistants, dental hygienists, and dental technicians are available, and that situation is unlikely to change. An earlier series of reports in The Dental Assistant reviewed auxiliary training programs, salaries, changing working arrangements, and related developments occurring in the 1970s through the mid-1980s. The following presentation updates this review through 1990 and continues to emphasize the dwindling numbers of dental auxiliaries and their lack of adequate financial compensation.
本文回顾了过去十年牙科辅助专业学生的数量及人口统计学特征的变化，以及牙科辅助人员薪酬水平的变化。为应对全国各地牙医报告的牙科团队劳动力短缺问题，美国牙科协会、州和地方牙科及牙科团队组织一直在努力推动针对牙科助理、口腔卫生员和实验室技术的招聘和留用计划。到目前为止，你可能已经听说过、读到过，甚至可能参与其中。牙科行业正在发生变化，牙医们急切地寻求越来越多的辅助人员。但实际上，可供聘用的牙科助理、口腔卫生员和牙科技师越来越少，而且这种情况不太可能改变。《牙科助理》早期的一系列报告回顾了20世纪70年代至80年代中期的辅助培训项目、薪资、不断变化的工作安排以及相关发展情况。以下报告将这一回顾更新至1990年，并继续强调牙科辅助人员数量的减少及其薪酬不足的问题。
