Section 2: Dental Partnership Activities

Providers Trained

The number of dental students, residents and other providers trained in Dental Partnership sites has increased dramatically each year since the initiative’s startup (see tables, pp. 11-12).  

• Overall, nearly 2,500 providers (e.g., dental students, dental residents) were trained in HIV oral health care from 2004 to 2006.
• The number of providers who delivered direct clinical services to patients with HIV increased from 766 in 2004 to 943 in 2006.
• Providers delivered 27,868 hours of direct clinical care for patients with HIV in 2006, an increase from 16,009 in 2004.

Another way to examine services provided is the breakdown in who is providing dental care. The bulk of services, when measured in terms of number of hours in direct clinical care, are provided by dental students and dental residents. In both cases, hours of service have risen dramatically. From 2004 to 2006:

• Dental students increased their number of hours in direct clinical care from 2,067 to 9,536.
• Dental resident hours increased from 5,190 to 9,778.