Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Science College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
J Healthc Eng. 2022 Oct 19;2022:5321628. doi: 10.1155/2022/5321628. eCollection 2022.
Dental professionals are playing an imperative role in the healthcare system. It is important to distribute the dental workforce across the country. Therefore, this study aimed at analyzing the recent distribution of the dental workforce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and determining the current dentist-to-population ratio in the KSA. This is a cross-sectional study focused on the dental workforces working in the KSA between 2015 and 2020. Complete data of dentists working in the KSA with different professional ranks were obtained. The data were stratified by gender, professional rank (Saudi and non-Saudi), area of working (13 provinces in the KSA), and sector of working (public and private). A complete list of all dental universities was obtained to identify the increasing number of dental institutes at this current moment. In addition, the dentist-to-population ratio was also evaluated based on the current inhabitant in the KSA and the total dental surgeons. There are a total of 27181 dental surgeons and 8022 dental auxiliaries registered in different specialties as of 2020. Saudi citizens are holding the majority of the posts in both dentist and dental auxiliary categories. The percentage of males and female is slightly higher in dentists and dental auxiliaries, respectively. It also indicated that where most of the dental personnel work in the private sector, dental auxiliaries work in the public sector. Moreover, the highest number of dental workforces is identified in the Riyadh region among all the 13 provinces. Based on the databases, the current dentist-to-population ratio is 1 : 1288.16. In conclusion, the number of dental professionals is ample; however, rural areas lack specialists. Saudi dentists are progressively replacing foreign dentists in different professional ranks working in the KSA.
口腔专业人员在医疗保健系统中发挥着重要作用。在全国范围内分配口腔劳动力非常重要。因此,本研究旨在分析沙特阿拉伯王国(KSA)最近的口腔劳动力分布情况,并确定 KSA 的当前牙医与人口的比例。这是一项横断面研究,重点关注 2015 年至 2020 年间在 KSA 工作的口腔劳动力。获得了在 KSA 工作的不同专业级别的牙医的完整数据。数据按性别、专业级别(沙特和非沙特)、工作领域(KSA 的 13 个省份)和工作部门(公共和私人)进行分层。获得了所有牙科大学的完整列表,以确定当前牙科机构数量的增加。此外,还根据 KSA 的当前居民和总牙科医生人数评估了牙医与人口的比例。截至 2020 年,共有 27181 名牙科医生和 8022 名牙科助理在不同专业领域注册。沙特公民在牙医和牙科助理两个类别中都占据多数职位。男性和女性在牙医和牙科助理中的比例略高。这也表明,大多数牙科人员在私营部门工作,而牙科助理在公共部门工作。此外,在 13 个省份中,所有省份中牙科劳动力人数最多的是利雅得地区。根据数据库,目前的牙医与人口的比例为 1:1288.16。总之,口腔专业人员的数量充足,但农村地区缺乏专家。沙特牙医正在逐步取代在 KSA 不同专业级别工作的外国牙医。
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