1. Oral Health Training & Human resources Prof MH Moola Dean – Faculty of Dentistry University of the Western Cape October 2009

2. Human Resources Dental 2008 Data General Dental Practitioners 5430 Specialists 302 Oral Hygienists 926 Dental Therapist 320 Dental Assistants 1553

3. Current Students Output 2009 Dentists Annually 220-250 Dentists Annually 220-250 Dental Therapist 30 Dental Therapist 30 Oral Hygienist 50 Oral Hygienist 50 Specialists 10 Specialists 10

4. POST GRADUATE TRAINING 88 Specialist training post in the 4 Dental Schools 88 Specialist training post in the 4 Dental Schools 77 filled posts Nationally 77 filled posts Nationally 11 vacant posts ALL at UWC 11 vacant posts ALL at UWC –Posts are unfunded by Provincial Government of the Western Cape –Thus we have a 31 % Vacancy Rate due to non funding

5. POST GRADUATE TRAINING RACEMEDUNSAUPWITSUWCTOTAL%UWC AFRICAN103692832% COLOURED1006786% ASIAN44741921% WHITE210562326% VACANT0001111 TOTAL1717183688 * UWC POST 41%32%

6. Unfilled Posts per University

7. Post Graduate Training UWC train as many African registrars UWC train as many African registrars –Medunsa –UP and Wits combined Train more coloured registrars than the other facilities combined Train more coloured registrars than the other facilities combined UP have >60 % of registrars White UP have >60 % of registrars White

8. Undergraduate Output 2009 Nationally RACEMEDUNSAUPWITSUWCRSA AFRICAN382091986 COLOURED0212831 ASIAN66174271 WHITES43481460 OTHER123511 TOTAL496438108259

9. Undergraduate Numbers per University 2009

10. UWC FACULTY ENROLLMENT Dental Students501 Dental Students501 Oral Hygienist 60 Oral Hygienist 60 Specialist 22 Specialist 22 Other Post Graduate181 Other Post Graduate181 Total768 Total768

11. Conclusion Specialist training at UWC is grossly underfunded – 31 % unfilled posts Specialist training at UWC is grossly underfunded – 31 % unfilled posts –11 Vacant posts of 36 available UWC produces the largest number of UWC produces the largest number of –Specialists –Undergraduate students Funding gap exists between UWC and the other dental schools Funding gap exists between UWC and the other dental schools