Table 4 Mean and total timings for risk-based contemporary dental care amongst 12-year-olds (weighted sample and population) and estimated workforce required based on dental professionals’ clinical working hours for management of dental caries and periodontal health: minimum - maximum professional intervention

42–49

134–158

132–180

187–235

143.3–185.3

17,623–20,833

254,206–299,647

743,766–1,012,836

531,910–667,857

1,547,505–2,001,173

40,693,369–48,105,399

586,975,926–691,901,533

1,717,397,892–2,338,697,002

1,228,210,547–1,542,120,447

3,573,277,732–4,620,824,383

609–720

8791–10,363

25,722–35,028

18,395–23,097

53,518–69,208

522–618

7535–8882

22,048–30,024

15,767–19,797

45,873–59,321

457–540

6594–7772

19,292–26,271

13,797–17,323

40,139–51,906

406–480

5861–6909

17,148–23,352

12,264–15,398

35,679–46,139

41–48

133–157

133–181

183–231

138.1–175.5

12,053–14,316

113,662–134,045

143,941–195,730

159,077–200,706

428,733–544,797

27,830,319–33,057,126

262,452,860–309,517,577

332,368,991–451,952,076

367,317,225–463,441,654

989,969,393–1,257,968,433

417–495

3931–4636

4978–6769

5501–6941

14,827–18,841

357–424

3369–3974

4267–5802

4716–5950

12,709–16,149

313–371

2948–3477

3734–5077

4126–5206

11,120–14,131

278–330

2621–3091

3319–4513

3668–4627

9885–12,561

45–52

134–158

132–180

189–237

145.5–189.3

5571–6517

140,544–165,602

599,824–817,106

372,833–467,151

1,118,772–1,456,376

12,863,050–15,048,273

324,523,066–382,383,956

1,385,028,901–1,886,744,926

860,893,322–1,078,678,793

2,583,308,339–3,362,855,950

193–225

4861–5727

20,744–28,259

12,894–16,156

38,691–50,367

165–193

4166–4909

17,781–24,222

11,052–13,848

33,164–43,172

144–169

3645–4295

15,558–21,194

9670–12,117

29,018–37,775

128–150

3240–3818

13,829–18,839

8596–10,771

25,794–33,578