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The graph below shows that during the 2009-10 financial year dental businesses had 832,000 total patient contacts in an average working week. Female patients accounted for 53.8% of this total. Dental practitioners, hygienists, therapists and prosthetists/technicians had an average of 52 patient contacts per working week.
Dental practitioner patient contacts by patient gender and age(a)