Dental health services: which services do dentists deliver and how long do they spend for them?

To determine delivery time, types of services and occupation percentage by each service among dentists in Tehran. Matcrial & mcthods: A cross - sectional study was conducted among the general dentists who work in private clinics in Tehran. 100 dentists were chosen randomly. They filled out a self-administered questionnaire. In order to determine the time spent on each service by the dentists, the median of data was calculated as the central indice.

The list of dental treatments was determined by median time for delivering each of them. The useful working time was 90000 minutes for each dentist during a year. The results of this study can be used in planning of dental workforce.