Improvements in Dental Health and Dentists' Workload in Norway, 1992 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There has been a marked improvement in dental health in Norway during the last few decades. What effect has this had on provision of dental services, and how has private dental practitioners' assessment of their workload changed?

Methods

The data were from 2 large surveys of private dental practitioners carried out in 1992 (n = 1056) and 2015 (n = 1237). An analysis of nonresponders showed that they were evenly distributed according to their age, gender, and the region in which their practice was located. Thus, the samples were representative of private dental practitioners. For 1 representative week in practice, the practitioners were asked to report the number of visits and the number of patients who received 1 or more of the following items of treatment: fillin

SUBMITTER: Grytten J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature