Exploring reasons why South African dental therapists are leaving their profession: A theory-informed qualitative study

• Pumla Pamella Sodo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pumla.sodo@wits.ac.za

  Current address: School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  Affiliation School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2542-6038

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• Yolanda Malele-Kolisa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Oral Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Aneesa Moola,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Oral Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Veerasamy Yengopal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Simon Nemutandani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research and Innovation Directorate, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Sara Jewett

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6658-2061

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