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State data show oral-health workforce concentrated in metro areas; Sacramento and Los Angeles diverge in license-to-population ratios
Summary
A Department of Healthcare Access and Information presentation to the Dental Board summarized 2024 license data showing roughly 80,000 active oral-health licenses in California, regional concentrations in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, modeled gaps in rural areas, and plans for supply-and-demand dashboards to guide future workforce policy.
The Department of Healthcare Access and Information on Thursday presented the state's first comprehensive Research Data Center analysis of California's oral-health workforce, finding roughly 80,000 active oral-health licenses as of November 2024 and large regional imbalances.
HCAI research chief Eric Neuhauser told the Dental Board of California that the Greater Bay Area accounts for about 23% of licenses and Los Angeles about 20%, but Sacramento has the highest license-to-population ratio while Los Angeles has one of the lowest. "We call it RDC,"…
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