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Table 1 Characteristics of the oral health care practices involved in the study

From: Collaboration between general dental practitioners and dental hygienists: a qualitative study

Practice

1

2a

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Number of general dental practitioners (GDPs)

4

n/a

9

16

15

7

4

6

1

Number of dental hygienists (DHs)

2

n/a

3

3

5

3

4

3

1

Number of treatment units

4

n/a

8

13

16

8

5

8

2

One or more prevention assistant

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

Number of active patients

11,000

75,000

10,000

25,000

17,000

9,250

4,250

8,000

1,800

Year of establishment

2012

2010

2008

1994

2010

1988

2008

1989

1998

Year of introduction of DH

2012

2010

2008

2001

2010

1992

2008

1995

2016

Affiliated with a dental chain

no

yes

no

no

yes

yes

no

yes

no

Region

west

west/south

west

west

east

west

west

south

west

  1. aThe GDP is the founder and owner of a chain of 10 practices in the west and south of the Netherlands. In total, these practices employ approximately 450 persons and serve 75,000 patients. Both GDPs and DHs work in several practices within this dental chain, and both provided information that applied to the dental chain in general rather than to a specific practice
  2. n/a not available