Oral Health and Dental Management

Abstract

Lead Public Health Service Dentists in Finland: Leaders or Dentists?

Paula Alestalo, Eeva Widstr

Aim: To survey the leadership roles of the Finnish Public Dental Service (PDS) lead dentists in a changing oral health care environment. Methods: Data were collected using an Internet questionnaire from lead PDS dentists (total N=265) on the following: how dentists became leaders in the PDS, what motivated them, their leadership styles and work wellbeing, whether they were primarily