Dental

RRM Category: AMBULATORY CLINICS

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Overview

The RRM Dental staffing module estimates the requirements for dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists Deputy Dental Chief, Dental Health Aide Therapist, and Dental Assistant Supervisor to provide dental clinical treatment and community dental health promotion and dental disease prevention services. The workload parameter that is the key variable in the staffing estimation is User Population.

Users Description:

Dental programs provide oral health services in clinical settings and oral health promotion/disease prevention services in community settings such as schools, Head Start, etc.

Staffing Criteria

Fixed Dentist staff of 1.00 FTE for every facility with a User Population above 800, plus 1.00 FTE Dentist for every 1200 User Population (See below where DHATs are authorized.

Deputy Dental Chief of 1.00 FTE for every 5.0 FTE Dental providers (dentist, dental hygienists, or DHATs).

Fixed Dental Assistant staff of 2.00 FTE for every facility with User Population above 800, plus 2.00 FTE Dental Assistant for every 1200 User Population above 800 User Population.

Fixed Dental Hygienist staff of 0.50 FTE for every facility with User Population above 800, plus 0.50 FTE Dental Hygienist for every additional 1,200 User Population.

Dental Assistant Supervisor of 1.00 FTE for every 6.00 FTE non-supervisory dental assistants or for every facility with a User Population above 3,200, plus 1.00 FTE DA supervisor for every additional 6.00 FTE non-supervisory dental assistant staff or every additional 3,600 user population.

Fixed clerical support staff of 0.50 FTE for every facility with a User Population above 800, plus 0.50 FTE for every additional 1,200 User Population.

For programs contemplating dental health aide therapists (DHATs) under general supervision, fixed DHAT staff of 0.75 FTE for every facility with a User Population above 800 and a corresponding 0.25 FTE supervising dentist, plus 0.75 FTE for every additional 1,200 User Population and a corresponding 0.25 FTE supervising dentist.

For programs contemplating dental health aide therapists (DHATs) under indirect or direct supervision, 0.25 FTE DHAT staff for every facility with a User Population above 2000 (with 1.75 FTE dentists), then 0.25 FTE DHAT staff for every additional 1,200 User Population (with 0.75 FTE dentists).

Staffing Formulae

Driving Variables:

User Population

Personnel Categories:

Dentist
Dental Assistant
Dental Hygienist
Clerical Support
Dental Health Aide Therapist (DHAT)
Deputy Dental Chief
Dental Assistant Supervisor

MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS (fixed):

Personal Category	FTEs	per	Driving Variables	Min.	Max.
Dentist	1.0		User Population	800
Dental Assistant	2.0		User Population	800
Dental Hygienist	0.5		User Population	800
Clerical Support	0.5		User Population	800
Dental Health Aide Therapist	0.75		User Population	800

plus, VARIABLE STAFFING LEVELS:

Personal Category	FTEs	per	Driving Variables	Min.	Max.
Dentist	1.0	1200	User Pop.	1200	n/a
Dental Assistant	2.0	1200	User Pop.	800	n/a
Dental Hygienist	0.5	1200	User Pop.	800	n/a
Clerical Support	0.5	1200	User Pop.	800	n/a
Dental Health Aide Therapist	0.25	1.75 Dentist	User Pop.	2000	n/a
Dental Health Aide Therapist	0.25	0.75 Dentist	User Pop.	1200	n/a
Deputy Dental Chief	1.0	5.0 FTE	Dentists
Dental Assistant Supervisor	1.0	6.0 FTE	Dental Assistants or user Pop	3200	3600