The IOM will hold a 2-3 day workshop to examine the current oral health care workforce and consider how that workforce contributes to problems of access to oral health care services.   The speakers will present options for bridging gaps between the current and projected near-term oral health needs and the workforce available to provide such care. The speakers will consider the potential need for expanding numbers of established dental professionals, the use of other types of established medical professionals, and also the potential for developing new types of oral health practitioners. The speakers will particularly consider the lack of integration and coordination among the oral health, public health, and medical health care systems.