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Table 5 Estimated Non-dental personnel (NDP) and DTs required in 6-,12- and 15-year olds and extrapolated for whole SL population according to different scenarios of care delivery

From: Needs-led human resource planning for Sierra Leone in support of oral health

Age groups

NDP2 delivering oral health promotion including individualised prevention

No. of DTs3 required across three scenarios of care

Conventional Care (CC) Scenario4

Surgical and Prevention (SP) Care Scenario

Prevention (P) only Scenario6

S6P

Min. extraction: teeth with decay code 6 only5

S5&6P

Max. extraction: teeth with decay codes 5 and 65

15-year-olds (2.46%)1

127

143

12

29

NR*

12-year-olds (2.39%)1

124

108

6

14

NR*

6-year-olds (3.13%)1

159

156

13

36

NR*

Estimation for whole SL population extrapolated from 15-year olds data

5163

5813

488

1,179

NR*

Estimation for whole SL population extrapolated from 12-year olds data

5188

4519

251

586

NR*

Estimation for whole SL population extrapolated from 6-year olds data

5080

4984

415

1,150

NR*

Average estimation for the whole SL population

5144

5105

385

972//

NR*

  1. 1Estimated population % of each age group of children within overall SL population (n = 7,092,113) informed by 2015 SL Census data
  2. 2Non-dental personnel (NDP) including Community Health Officers (CHOs), Community Health Workers (CHWs), Traditional healers or School teachers estimated working part time (1 day a week) for 46 weeks delivering oral health care
  3. 3Dental therapists working full time (37.5 h per week) for 46 weeks
  4. 4DTs delivering ART, tooth fillings and extractions
  5. 5DTs delivering extractions only
  6. 6DTs not required (NR)* as NDPs delivering all oral health promotion including individualised prevention