Waldman H B, Waldman P A
Ann Dent. 1989 Winter;48(2):8-11.
While the employment projections by the Department of Labor do not identify specific changes in delivery patterns for dental care (e.g., independent dental hygiene practice), they do suggest models with some modifications to traditional practice arrangements (e.g., retail dentistry). But if we may assume that the dramatic changes in the last ten years in the delivery of dental services are any indication of the developments in the next decade, then the resultant system will bear little resemblance to the world of dentistry to which many older practitioners nostalgically cling. But from the perspective of dental employees, the combination of 1) the Department of Labor projections for increases in the number of job opportunities for auxiliaries through the next decade, and 2) a decrease in the production of the number of dental hygienist and dental auxiliary graduates, portends a favorable employment market.
虽然劳工部的就业预测并未指明牙科护理服务提供模式的具体变化（例如，独立口腔卫生保健实践），但它们确实提出了一些对传统执业安排进行调整的模式（例如，零售牙科）。但是，如果我们可以假设过去十年牙科服务提供方式的巨大变化预示着未来十年的发展趋势，那么最终形成的体系将与许多年长从业者留恋不舍的牙科世界几乎没有相似之处。但从牙科从业人员的角度来看，一方面劳工部预测在接下来的十年里辅助人员的就业机会数量会增加，另一方面口腔卫生保健员和牙科辅助人员毕业生数量在减少，这预示着一个有利的就业市场。
