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Employees Are Your Most Important Asset By Catherine Cabanzon, CRDH, BASDH
Of the practice owners who responded, 35.8% were seeking to add dental assistants to their practice and 26.5% were seeking to add dental hygienists.¹ Comparing this data before and after the pandemic may provide some insight into workforce difficulties experienced in Florida.
Since the pandemic began in early 2020, there have been so many unforeseen changes that impact every aspect of our lives. Workforce issues are impacting almost every business across the country and, for dentists trying to staff their practice, the problems can be overwhelming.
Just over 88% of dental hygienists renewing their Florida license responded to the Biennial Workforce Survey from February 2018. Of the respondents, 15,140 were dental hy-
In May 2020, the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute, polled 1,587 practice owners on workforce issues.
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