Modelling the Future Dental Therapists Within Malaysian Clinician Dental Workforce Using System Dynamics
There is an apparent mismatch between the population demand and workforce supply across sectors. The model findings indicate the need for additional discussion and scrutiny of regulations allowing dental therapists to operate in the private sector to inform workforce policy and planning.
Authors
- Noor Azhani Zakaria
- Norintan Ab‐Murat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1710-6309)
- Muhd Firdaus Che Musa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0208-5207)
Institutions
- University of Malaya (MY)
- International Islamic University Malaysia (MY)
- Sabah Environmental Trust (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Dental Hygiene
- Published
- 2025-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/idh.70016
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00