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More than 2.7 billion in public dental health care
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2011-07-04T10:00:00.000Z
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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, 2010

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More than 2.7 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 2009.

Gross operating expenditure per person treated/examined by the public dental health care. 2001-2010. NOK

Average caries. 12 and 18-year-olds. 1985-2010.

The gross expenditure in public dental health care continues to increase. From 2009 to 2010, the gross expenditure increased by 5.6 per cent. The counties used almost NOK 559 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 almost NOK 2.7 billion, which is an increase by NOK 146 million from 2009.

More foreign dentists

The number of dentists with an immigrant background has increased by almost 30 per cent in the period 2006-2010. In 2010 there were 1 096 dentists with an immigrant background working in public and private dental health care in Norway.

18-years old, percentage treated with DMFT>9. Counties. 2010

The majority of these have a 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 the private and public dental health services. At the same time, the largest percentage increase is in the private sector with regard to dentists with a background from outside Europe.

Dentists with foreign background. 2004-2010 1
 
 2004200520062007200820092010
 
Total number of foreign dentists 666    770    848    907    993   1 036   1 096
European dentists in public oral health service 2 224 241 257 278 311 317 330
Non-European dentists in public oral health service92 101 115 122 132 136 148
European dentists in private oral health service 248 290 325 343 367 389 410
Non-European dentists in private oral health service 102 138 151 164 183 194 208
 
1  Dentists and specialised dentists with foreign background who works as a dentist in Norway.
2  Turkey is not included within the European countries.

Decrease in average caries

The average number of caries among 12 and 18-year-olds decreased between 2009 and 2010. 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 suggest that the average number of caries will continue to fall. There are still differences between the counties, for both 12 and 18-year-olds, and some counties have an increase in average caries from 2009 to 2010.

Note: The average number of teeth with caries from people treated in the age group.

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