The poll was taken as part of the ADA’s monthly “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report for the week of May 15. The Health Policy Institute surveyed 1,000 dentists about their confidence in economic recovery over the next six months.
Dentists are slightly less confident in the recovery of their own dental practice and the dental care sector as a whole compared to the survey results from April.
Dentists’ confidence level in economic recovery in May:
Their dental practice
Very confident: 24.5 percent
Somewhat confident: 37.8 percent
Neither confident nor skeptical: 20.4 percent
Somewhat skeptical: 12.8 percent
Very skeptical: 4.5 percent
The dental care sector
Very confident: 13.2 percent
Somewhat confident: 41.3 percent
Neither confident nor skeptical: 21.1 percent
Somewhat skeptical: 18.7 percent
Very skeptical: 5.7 percent
The U.S. economy
Very confident: 4.2 percent
Somewhat confident: 20.1 percent
Neither confident nor skeptical: 19.8 percent
Somewhat skeptical: 32.4 percent
Very skeptical: 23.5 percent
