Dental


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Dental

Age and Sex Breakdown of Dentists

There was a slight decrease in the number of principal dentists in post this year. Previous years show the number of dentists to be increasing. The proportion of male and female dentists has been fairly constant over the last five years.

Number of principal dentists; year ending March 2000 Number of principal dentists chart at  March 2000

Female dentists tend to be younger than male dentists, with 71% of female dentists aged 39 or under compared with only 43% of male dentists.

Age of dentist; year ending March 2000
Age and Sex breakdown of principal dentists chart at March 2000


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