A Spatial Assessment of Dentist Supply in Ontario, Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8423970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Meyer (0000-0001-9768-0353, Laurentian University, corresponding author), STEPHEN P MEYER |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 481-498 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cag.12103 |
| OpenAlex | W1563183271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
The geographic patterns of dentists have seldom been studied beyond very broad assessment. This article demonstrates, with location quotient and hot‐spot analyses, the unevenness of general dentist and dental specialist resources throughout the Canadian province of Ontario and the presence of “dental clusters” within the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, and Windsor. While many municipalities in the province have no or relatively few dental offices, municipalities that are comparatively rich in both general and specialized dentists are rare and tend to be part of larger urban environments (typically census metropolitan areas), characterized by higher growth rates, higher median incomes, and lower median ages. Dentist office hot‐spots within metropolitan areas occur in or near the downtown and in more peripheral/suburban locales. “High sales” dentist offices in suburban hot‐spots appear to benefit from prosperous locations and supply deficits nearby, whereas inner‐city “dentist districts” may form in part because of localization economies. Understanding where relative dentist under‐supply occurs within a jurisdiction and why other locations are dentist‐rich is important from a policy perspective so that geographic inequities, and associated spatial accessibility issues, can be more comprehensively appraised
Archaeology · Census · Downtown · Environmental health · Geography · Jurisdiction · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Windsor · Global Health Workforce Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |