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Table 2 Specific activities undertaken by DCP groups in employing practices

From: Development and retention of the dental workforce: findings from a regional workforce survey and symposium in England

 

Dental Therapist

(n = 73)

Dental Hygienist

(n = 104)

EDDN

(n = 74)

Clinical Dental Technician

(n = 8)

Dental Technician

(n = 7)

Orthodontic Therapist

(n = 10)

Prescribe radiographs

12 (16%)

10 (10%)

4 (5%)

0

0

0

Take radiographs

44 (60%)

22 (21%)

31 (42%)

0

0

5 (50%)

Apply fluoride varnish to teeth

61 (82%)

61 (59%)

32 (43%)

0

0

3 (30%)

Deliver Oral Health Education

60 (81%)

75 (72%)

35 (48%)

1 (12%)

0

5 (50%)

Take impressions

48 (65%)

24 (23%)

27 (36%)

3 (38%)

0

8 (80%)

Give smoking cessation advice

53 (72%)

61 (59%)

19 (26%)

0

0

2 (20%)

Measure and record plaque indices

59 (80%)

78 (75%)

5 (7%)

0

0

3 (30%)

Administer inhalation sedation

3 (4%)

1 (1%)

0

0

0

0

Rubber dam

9 (12%)

2 (2%)

3 (4%)

0

0

0

Cannulation

0

0

1 (1%)

0

0

0

  1. Table 2 This shows the number of practices who report employing DCP groups, and the proportion of those practices who indicate that the group carries out the specific activity ‘at any time’. Note, some of the duties listed may be out with the relevant group’s GDC scope of practice. We suspect this may be user error (e.g. if the form was completed online or perhaps submitted by a non-clinical member of the dental practice team). However, all responses are included here for completeness