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More than 2.9 billion in public dental health care
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2012-07-17T10:00:00.000Z
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tannhelse, Dental health care, dental health care status, caries, dentists, dental hygienists, dental secretaries, operating costsKOSTRA , Health services , Public sector, Health
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Dental health care, 2011

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More than 2.9 billion in public dental health care

The development of dental health care follows the same pattern as the rest of the health care sector: the cost levels are higher. Furthermore, the number of dentists with an immigrant background has increased over the past five years. The dental health care status among 12- and 18-year-olds shows a decrease of caries compared to 2010.

The gross expenditure in public dental health care continues to increase. From 2010 to 2011, the gross expenditure increased by 5.5 per cent. The counties used almost NOK 582 per person to provide public dental health care. This is NOK 23 more than the year before. The total expenditure for the 19 counties was approximately NOK 2.9 billion, which is an increase by NOK 152 millions from 2010.

Gross operating expenditure per person treated/examined by the public dental health care. 2001-2011. NOK

More foreign dentists

The number of dentists with an immigrant background has increased by almost 34 per cent in the period 2007-2011. In 2011 there were 1 218 dentists with an immigrant background working in public and private dental health care in Norway.

The majority of these have European background and the same patterns are evident in both public and private dental health care. There are still no clear sector trends. The number of foreign dentists is increasing in both private and public dental health service. At the same time the largest percentage increase is in the private sector with regards to dentists with a background outside Europe.

Dentists with foreign background. 2004-2011 1
 
 20042005200620072008200920102011
 
Total number of foreign dentists 666     770     848     907     993    1 036    1 096    1 218
European dentists in public oral health service 2 224 241 257 278 311 317 330 341
Non-European dentists in public oral health service92 101 115 122 132 136 148 164
European dentists in private oral health service 248 290 325 343 367 389 410 469
Non-European dentists in private oral health service 102 138 151 164 183 194 208 244
 
1  Dentists and specialised dentists with foreign background who works as a dentist in Norway.
2  Turkey is not included within the European countries.

18-years old, percentage treated with DMFT>9. Counties. 2011

Average caries. 12 and 18-year-olds. 1985-2011

The average number of caries among 5-, 12- and 18-year-olds decreased between 2010 and 2011. After 25 years with a decrease in caries among 12- and 18-year-olds the dental health status for 2009 showed the same average DMFT per 12-and 18-year old as in 2008. The figures from 2010, and the latest from 2011, suggest that average number of caries will continue to fall. There are still differences between the counties, for 5-, 12- and 18-year-olds.

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