More than 29 percent of dentists said that they were "very confident" in the economic recovery of their dental practice, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.
The poll was taken as part of the ADA's monthly "Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry" report for the week of April 17. The Health Policy Institute surveyed 1,005 dentists about their confidence in economic recovery over the next six months.
Dentists are slightly more confident in the recovery of their own dental practice and the dental care sector as a whole compared to the survey results from March.
Dentists' confidence level in economic recovery in April:
Their dental practice
Very confident: 29.3 percent
Somewhat confident: 35.2 percent
Neither confident nor skeptical: 19.7 percent
Somewhat skeptical: 11.6 percent
Very skeptical: 4.2 percent
The dental care sector
Very confident: 15.7 percent
Somewhat confident: 41.8 percent
Neither confident nor skeptical: 21.8 percent
Somewhat skeptical: 16.6 percent
Very skeptical: 4.1 percent
The U.S. economy
Very confident: 3.5 percent
Somewhat confident: 24.9 percent
Neither confident nor skeptical: 20.8 percent
Somewhat skeptical: 31.1 percent
Very skeptical: 19.7 percent