Current status of WHO/DDH International Collaborative Study of Dental Manpower in Relation to Oral Health Status

The International Collaborative Study of Dental Manpower Systems in Relation to Oral Health Status is being performed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is funded under a contract from that Department. Data collection comprising clinical, attitudinal and behavioral material was completed in Australia, Norway, New Zealand and the Federal Republic of Germany in 1973. The data collection for 1974 in Japan and Bulgaria remains to be performed. An analysis of the contributions of various manpower and system factors in relation to the effectiveness and efficiency of oral health care delivery should be complete in the first half of 1975.