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More people treated by the public dental health care
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2006-07-12T10:00:00.000Z
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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, 2005

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More people treated by the public dental health care

The public dental health care is examining and treating even more people. But the tendency of improved dental health among young people has declined.

People examined/treated in public dental health care. 2001-2005 1
 
 20012002200320042005
 
Whole population examined/treated 906 981    913 152    921 391    937 533    957 680
Children 3-18 years examined/treated (A) 640 316 655 027 652 990 665 678 679 721
Mentally disabled above the age of 18 years (B) examined/treated11 14011 03711 27411 39511 902
Elderly, longterm ill, disabled in institution or home nursing (C) examined/treated48 35748 15348 14849 53851 169
Elderly, longterm ill, disabled in institution examined/treated31 98033 96627 37929 33229 606
Elderly, longterm ill, disabled in home nursing examined/treated16 37714 18720 76920 20621 563
Youth 19-20 years (D) examined/treated38 70941 41243 20547 75850 623
Prison inmates examined/treated 2....3 170
Other prioritised people (E) examined/treated4 3694 3873 6974 8403 323
Paying adult clients 164 090 153 136 162 077 158 324 157 772
 
1  Rogaland and Hordaland did not separate between group C1 and C2 until 2003. Those two counties is therefore not included in the numbers for C1 and C2. They are included in the numbers for elderly, longterm ill, disabled in institution or home nursing (C).
2  2005 was the first year to collect data about dental health care for prison inmates.

In 2005, 957 680 persons were examined/treated by the Public Dental Health Care. That represents a 2.2 percent increase from the year before. Approximately 71 1 percent of the people examined/treated were children and youth in the age group 3-18 years, 5.3 1 percent were elderly, disabled or had a long term illness, and 5.3 1 percent were 19-20 year olds. The public dental health care according to the Law gives priority to these kinds of groups. The administration at county level may also charge adult people for dental health care. In 2005, 16.5 percent of those examined/treated were paying adults.

Average caries experience among 12-18 year olds

Average caries experience among 12- 18 year olds

Caries experience among 12- 18 year olds who get examined/treated by the Public Dental Health Care is still decreasing. The number of teeth with caries experience among these age groups is half of what it was in the mid 80`s, but the annual decline is no longer as vast as earlier. The18 year olds seem to have around five teeth with caries experience on average, while 12 years old have nearly 1.5 teeth with caries experience on average. Caries experience among 12- 18 year olds is measured among the people who voluntarily get examined/treated. We lack evidence on those who do not get (public) dental care.

Public dental health care can to some extent influence the caries experience in the population. However, the general dental health condition also depends on individual effort and good dental hygiene. The average number of teeth with caries experience among 12- 18 year old can be an indicator on the degree of successive preventive work. Good information on the relation between dental hygiene and dental health may be important to the general dental health condition.

Gross operating expenditure per person examined/treated 2001-2005

Expenditure on Public Dental Health Care

The Norwegian counties spent NOK 1.75 billion on dental health care in 2005. This is 3.9 percent, approximately NOK 67 million, more than the year before. Furthermore, the counties spent 1,832 kroner per person examined/treated by the Public Dental Health Care. Interpreting the expenditure in Public Dental Health Care also has to take into account a certain level of income generated by paying adult persons.

1  Corrected 12 July 2006 at 1040.

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