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Clinical Dental Practice and Management
Percentage Change in Productivity-Adjusted Dentist-to-Population Ratios by State, 1993-1999
Source: ADA, Distribution of Dentists; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 199 0 and 2000 Census; and Beazoglou et al, 2001.
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Percentage Change in the Dentist-to-Population Ratios by State, 1993-1999
Source: ADA, Distribution of Dentists; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 199 0 and 2000 Census.
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