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More than 2.6 billion in public dental health care
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2010-12-20T10:00:00.000Z
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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, 2009

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More than 2.6 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 a foreign background has increased over the past five years. The dental health care status among 12 and 18-year-olds shows the same amount of caries as in 2008.

Gross operating expenditure per person treated/examined by the public dental health care. 2001-2009. NOK.

The gross expenditure in public dental health care continues to increase. From 2008 to 2009, the gross expenditure increased by 5.6 per cent. The counties used almost NOK 540 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 2.6 billion, which is an increase of NOK 140 million from 2008.

More foreign dentists

The number of dentists with a foreign background has increased by almost 35 per cent in the period 2005-2009. In 2009 there were 1 036 dentists with a foreign background working in public and private dental health care in Norway.

18-years old, percentage treated with DMFT>9. Countries. 2009

Average caries. 12 and 18-year-olds. 1985-2009.

The majority of these have a European background and the same patterns are evident in both public and private dental health care.

Flattening in average caries

After 25 years with a decrease in caries among 12 and 18-year-olds, the dental health status for 2009 shows the same average DMFT per 12 and 18-year-old as in 2008. There are still some differences between the counties, for both 12 and 18-year-olds. However these differences seem to be decreasing.

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

Dentists with foreign background. 2004-2009 1
 
 200420052006200720082009
 
Total number of foreign dentists       666       770       848       907       993      1 036
European dentists in public oral health service 2 224 241 257 278 311 317
Non-European dentists in public oral health service92 101 115 122 132 136
European dentists in private oral health service 248 290 325 343 367 389
Non-European dentists in private oral health service 102 138 151 164 183 194
 
1  Dentists and specialized dentists with foreign background who works as a dentist in Norway.
2  Turkey is not included within the European countries.

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