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dc.contributor.authorLindén, J.
dc.contributor.authorWidström, Eeva
dc.contributor.authorSinkkonen, Jari
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-26T08:51:30Z
dc.date.available2021-03-26T08:51:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-21
dc.description.abstract<i>Background</i> - All adults over 17 years of age have access to the Public Dental Service after the Finnish Dental Care Reform in 2001–2002. This study aimed to survey the treatment needs and treatment measures provided for adult patients and changes in these during the period 2001–2013.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - Sing each person’s unique identifier, demographic data on dental visits during the period 2001–2013 were collected from municipal databases in five PDS-units covering 320,000 inhabitants. The numbers of visitors, those in need of basic periodontal or caries treatment (CPI > 2 and D + d > 0) were calculated for three age groups. Treatment provided was also calculated in 13 treatment categories. Trend analyses were performed to study changes during the study period.<p> <p><i>Results</i> - Restorative treatments (968,772; 23.6%), examinations (658,394; 16.1%), radiographs taken (529,875; 12.9%) anaesthesia used (521,169; 12.7%) and emergency treatments (348,229; 8.5%) made up 73.8% of all treatment measures during the entire study period. Periodontal treatment (7.8%) and caries prevention (3.9%) made up a small part of the care provided and prosthetics and treatment of TMJ disorders were extremely uncommon (fewer than 1%). Treatments related to caries (restorative treatment, examinations, endodontics, emergencies, anaesthesia and radiographs) made up 60.4% of the dental personnel’s treatment time. During the study period, statistically significant increasing trends were found for radiographs (<i>p</i> < 0.001***), anaesthesia (<i>p</i> = 0.003**) and total number of treatments (<i>p</i> = 0.009**). There was a slight decreasing trend in treatment need among the youngest adults (18–39 years; <i>p</i> = 0.033*).<p> <p><i>Conclusion</i> - Compared with the results of national epidemiological studies, insufficient periodontal treatment is provided and prosthetic treatment is almost totally neglected in the PDS. Rather, adults’ dental treatment concentrates on treatment of caries. The unmet needs may be due to tradition, inadequate treatment processes or a lack of resources or failed salary incentives.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLindén J, Widström E, Sinkkonen J. Adults’ dental treatment in 2001–2013 in Finnish public dental service. BMC Oral Health. 2020;121
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1899069
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12903-020-01091-w
dc.identifier.issn1472-6831
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20737
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.relation.journalBMC Oral Health
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical dentistry disciplines: 830en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk odontologiske fag: 830en_US
dc.titleAdults’ dental treatment in 2001–2013 in Finnish public dental serviceen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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