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The impact these clinicians will have on the oral health of the general public is dependent on access pathways and utilization. This study aimed to profile Australian dentists who employ or are willing to employ <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OHT<\/jats:styled-content>s and to explore the degree of association between dentist characteristics and employment decisions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This cross\u2010sectional study used a random sample of Australian dentists (n\u00a0=\u00a01169) from the Federal Australian Dental Association register in 2009. Participants were sent a postal questionnaire capturing dentist characteristics and oral health practitioner employment information.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>An adjusted response rate of 55% was obtained. Dentists willing to employ <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OHT<\/jats:styled-content>s included non\u2010metropolitan dentists, dentists in multiple surgery practices and those considering practice expansion. Age, gender and sector of practice were not significantly associated with retrospective employment decisions or willingness to employ in the future.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Certain characteristics of dentists or of their practice are associated with their history of employment and willingness to employ <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OHT<\/jats:styled-content>s. Employment decisions are more commonly related to entrepreneurial aspirations (expressed as a willingness to expand), sector of practice, surgery capacity and regionality over gender and age. 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