Table 17
Active Dentists in Maine*
Treat/Accept/Limit MaineCare Clients by County of Employment
January 1, 2006

                                                                Accept New MaineCare          Limit the Percent of
                                Treat MaineCare Clients ?             Clients?                 MaineCare Clients?
    County of           All      **************************    **************************    **************************
    Employment       Dentists*    Yes       No      Unknown     Yes       No      Unknown     Yes       No      Unknown
    *************    *********   *****     ****     *******    *****     ****     *******    *****     ****     *******

    Total*              585       275       285        25       135       406        44       176        96       313
        
    Androscoggin         44        14        29         1         7        35         2         8         5        31
    Aroostook            23        20         2         1        12        10         1         8        11         4
    Cumberland          185        70       113         2        38       136        11        53        15       117
    Franklin              9         6         2         1         4         5         0         2         4         3
    Hancock              21        14         7         0         8        13         0         8         7         6
    Kennebec             60        33        23         4         9        42         9        18        14        28
    Knox                 28        15        11         2         6        19         3        12         4        12
    Lincoln              14         4         9         1         1        11         2         2         3         9
    Oxford               15         8         7         0         3        12         0         8         2         5
    Penobscot            72        37        30         5        23        42         7        20        15        37
    Piscataquis           7         5         2         0         3         4         0         4         1         2
    Sagadahoc            17         6         9         2         5        11         1         1         5        11
    Somerset             12         3         9         0         0        12         0         2         1         9
    Waldo                 9         6         1         2         2         6         1         6         0         3
    Washington           10         8         2         0         6         4         0         4         5         1
    York                 59        26        29         4         8        44         7        20         4        35

    *Licensed, active professionals working in Maine who responded to the survey.

    Source of Data: Maine Cooperative Health Workforce Resource Inventory, ODRVS.

                                                                          Maine Department of Health and Human Services
                                                                         Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

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