2012 Georgia Oral Health Summit Report

Georgia’s workforce includes 5,382 licensed dentists and 6,427 licensed dental hygienists. In spite of these numbers, 24 out of 159 counties are without a dentist. This means that 211,479 Georgians lack access to a dentist in their community. A total of 249,887 in twenty two counties in the state are without an enrolled Medicaid dentist. ................
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