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RRM Category: AMBULATORY CLINICS RRM Module: Dental Overview: The RRM Dental staffing module estimates the requirements for dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists 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 clinical dental treatment and dental community health promotion and disease prevention services. 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 833 User Population above 800 User Population. Fixed Dental Assistant staff of 2.00 FTE for every facility with User Population above 800, plus 2.00 FTE Dental Assistant for every 833 User Population above 800 User Population. Fixed Dental Hygienist staff of 0.25 FTE for every facility with User Population above 800, plus 0.25 FTE Dental Hygienist for every 833 User Population above 800 User Population. Fixed Clerical Support staff of 0.30 FTE for every facility with User Population above 800, plus 0.30 FTE Clerical Support for every 833 User Population above 800 User Population. STAFFING FORMULAE Driving Variables: User Population Personnel Categories: Dentist Dental Assistant Dental Hygienist Clerical Support 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 0.25   User Population 800   Clerical Support 0.3   User Population 800   plus, VARIABLE STAFFING LEVELS: Personal Category FTEs per Driving Variables Min. Max. Dentist 1.0 833 User Pop. 800 n/a Dental Assistant 2.0 833 User Pop. 800 n/a Dental Hygienist 0.25 833 User Pop. 800 n/a Clerical Support 0.3 833 User Pop. 800 n/a Back to RRM Module Table of Contents