This site gives geographical and tabular information on Alabama's dental resources, both dentists and dental hygienists. Our data are from the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama, but the data have been cleaned to eliminate persons not practicing in Alabama, and the data have been enhanced by adding attributes related to urban/rural classification and aggregation based on counties, our own primary care service areas, and service areas constructed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In addition, we give summary tables and graphs based on age, location, and specialty.
Our data are displayed in the form of interactive maps and interactive tables. The maps generally have point or area layers that can be added or removed with the layer control on the map. The user can zoom in and out of a map and move about in the usual way. Zooming in reveals additional features such as small towns and then streets and roads. A click on the home button returns the map to its origional location and scale. The zoom to area button allows the user to zoom to a selected rectangular area of the map. Clicking on an object in a layer shows summary data for that object.
The interactive tables can be sorted by any field, by clicking on the header for that field. The buttons at the top allow the table data to be copied to the clipboard, in tab-separated text format, printed, or downloaded in various formats (tab-separated text, Excel, or PDF). With the search bar, the table can be filtered according to a text string.
In the interactive tables that display area data (counties, PCSAs, HRSA service areas, ZIP code areas) you can click on a row to select an area and see the area highlighted in the map. You can select as many areas as you wish. Click on a selected area again to de-select.