Table 1 Numbers of the young patients (< 18 years), total and by age group (0–6 years, 7–13 years and 14–17 years) treated in the five PDS units; numbers of those having visited a dentist, dental hygienist and dental nurse and numbers of treatment measures by treatment category provided for them by year and totally during 2001–2013 as well as the change between 2001 and 2013 (%)
From: Children and adolescents´ dental treatment in 2001–2013 in the Finnish public dental service
Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Sum (%) | Change from 2001 to 2013 |
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Patients, all and number in the category | Total number of different individuals in age category during the 13 years. | ||||||||||||||
All (N) | 39,682 | 39,297 | 40,022 | 36,316 | 37,857 | 36,263 | 38,216 | 36,442 | 40,746 | 36,809 | 40,433 | 37,386 | 39,517 | 118,402 | -0,4 |
0–6 year olds(%) | 12,918(33%) | 12,479(32%) | 12,744(33%) | 11,505(33%) | 12,314(33%) | 11,101(31%) | 11,817(31%) | 11,117(31%) | 13,064(33%) | 11,836(32%) | 12,604(31%) | 10,728(29%) | 12,025(30%) | 66,572 | -6,9 |
7–13 year olds(%) | 18,494(47%) | 18,488(47%) | 18,734(47%) | 16,994(47%) | 17,307(46%) | 16,940(47%) | 17,234(45%) | 16,519(45%) | 18,603(46%) | 17,231(47%) | 18,350(44%) | 17,922(48%) | 18,242(46%) | 69,835 | -1,4 |
14–17 year olds(%) | 8270(21%) | 8330(21%) | 8544(21%) | 7817(22%) | 8236(22%) | 8222(23%) | 9165(24%) | 8806(24%) | 9079(22%) | 7742(21%) | 9479(23%) | 8736(23%) | 9250(23%) | 53,919 | 11,9 |
Examined(per cent of patients) | Sum | ||||||||||||||
0–6 year olds(%) | 11,258(87%) | 11,008(88%) | 11,292(88%) | 9632(84%) | 10,737(87%) | 9698(87%) | 10,692(90%) | 9305(84%) | 10,790(83%) | 9477(80%) | 11,042(87%) | 9092(85%) | 10,246(85%) | 134,269 | −9,0 |
7–13 year olds(%) | 14,871(80%) | 14,870(80%) | 15,192(81%) | 13,563(80%) | 13,697(79%) | 13,604(80%) | 13,833(80%) | 12,835(77%) | 14,117(76%) | 11,836(69%) | 13,169(72%) | 12,073(67%) | 12,833(70%) | 176,493 | −13,7 |
14–17 year olds(%) | 6694(81%) | 6726(81%) | 6992(82%) | 6137(79%) | 6488(79%) | 6422(78%) | 7373(80%) | 6732(76%) | 7111(78%) | 5088(66%) | 7111(75%) | 5893(67%) | 6396(69%) | 85,163 | −4,5 |
In need of basic treatment(per cent of the examined) | Sum | ||||||||||||||
0–6 year olds(%) | 1281(11%) | 1176(11%) | 1208(11%) | 1069(11%) | 929(9%) | 852(9%) | 718(7%) | 689(8%) | 692(6%) | 430(5%) | 520(5%) | 477(5%) | 430(4%) | 10,471 | −66,4 |
7–13 year olds(%) | 8647(58%) | 8382(56%) | 8983(59%) | 796,459%) | 7589(55%) | 6335(47%) | 5733(41%) | 5366(43%) | 5640(40%) | 5466(46%) | 5826(44%) | 5488(46%) | 5884(46%) | 87,303 | −32,0 |
14–17 year olds(%) | 4644(69%) | 4562(68%) | 4809(69%) | 4125(67%) | 4424(68%) | 3812(59%) | 4185(57%) | 3481(57%) | 3383(48%) | 2715(53%) | 3765(53%) | 3550(60%) | 3481(54%) | 50,936 | −25,0 |
Treatment measures | Sum (%) | ||||||||||||||
All treatment measures | 180,967 | 196,527 | 195,887 | 182,910 | 182,458 | 169,864 | 181,623 | 178,628 | 204,659 | 196,513 | 208,163 | 199,309 | 211,297 | 2,488,805 | 16,8 |
0–6 year olds | 35,137(19%) | 35,125(18%) | 35,827(18%) | 32,704(18%) | 31,390(17%) | 28,596(17%) | 32,363(18%) | 31,244(17%) | 37,470(18%) | 34,808(18%) | 34,474(17%) | 30,788(15%) | 35,350(17%) | 435,276(17%) | 0,6 |
7–13 year olds | 105,888(59%) | 115,003(59%) | 111,940(57%) | 103,898(57%) | 102,848(56%) | 95,354(56%) | 97,201(54%) | 94,350(553) | 108,471(53%) | 107,138(55%) | 112,350(54%) | 110,470(55%) | 114,977(54%) | 1,379,888(55%) | 8,6 |
14–17 year olds | 39,942(22%) | 46,399(24%) | 48,120(25%) | 46,308(25%) | 48,220(26%) | 45,914(27%) | 52,059(29%) | 53,034(30%) | 58,718(29%) | 54,567(28%) | 61,339(29%) | 58,051(29%) | 60,970(29%) | 673,641(27%) | 52,6 |
Examinations | 45,682(25%) | 45,927(23%) | 47,117(24%) | 42,656(23%) | 43,313(24%) | 43,827(26%) | 48,141(27%) | 46,411(26%) | 52,956(26%) | 45,388(23%) | 52,437(25%) | 47,671(24%) | 52,227(25%) | 613,753(25%) | 14,3 |
Orthodontics | 37,466(21%) | 42,266(22%) | 40,594(21%) | 40,197(22%) | 40,216(22%) | 35,169(21%) | 32,756(18%) | 31,276(18%) | 36,816(18%) | 40,036(20%) | 37,234(18%) | 41,196(21%) | 43,811(21%) | 499,033(20%) | 16,9 |
Preventive care | 19,260(11%) | 23,683(12%) | 30,034(15%) | 27,819(15%) | 27,463(15%) | 24,659(15%) | 28,953(16%) | 28,949(16%) | 32,987(16%) | 30,657(16%) | 35,901(17%) | 29,779(15%) | 32,329(15%) | 372,473(15%) | 67,9 |
Restorative treatment | 39,706(22%) | 38,697(20%) | 31,840(16%) | 27,454(15%) | 26,734(15%) | 24,478(14%) | 27,061(15%) | 26,124(15%) | 25,946(13%) | 24,000(12%) | 23,147(11%) | 20,946(11%) | 19,192(9%) | 355,325(14%) | −51,7 |
Anaesthesia | 11,773(7%) | 13,479(7%) | 14,497(7%) | 14,450(8%) | 14,308(8%) | 13,416(8%) | 14,995(8%) | 15,224(9%) | 16,974(8%) | 17,972(9%) | 18,042(9%) | 17,458(9%) | 17,386(8%) | 199,974(8%) | 47,7 |
Radiology | 8176(5%) | 11,199(6%) | 11,525(6%) | 11,259(6%) | 11,651(6%) | 10,643(6%) | 12,262(7%) | 11,781(7%) | 12,708(6%) | 10,987(6%) | 12,542(6%) | 12,456(6%) | 13,988(7%) | 151,177(6%) | 71,1 |
Other treatment | 1956(1%) | 16,53(1%) | 1389(1%) | 872(< 1%) | 945(1%) | 1839(1%) | 2601(1%) | 3743(2%) | 10,000(5%) | 10,708(5%) | 11,937(6%) | 12,610(6%) | 14,498(7%) | 74,751(3%) | 641,2 |
Emergency treatment | 3316(2%) | 4896(2%) | 5151(3%) | 5261(3%) | 5418(3%) | 5095(3%) | 4593(3%) | 4927(3%) | 5410(3%) | 5930(3%) | 5953(3%) | 6432(3%) | 6799(3%) | 69,181(3%) | 105,0 |
Oral surgery | 5207(3%) | 5718(3%) | 5619(3%) | 5802(3%) | 5405(3%) | 4864(3%) | 4852(3%) | 4738(3%) | 4921(2%) | 5246(3%) | 5217(3%) | 5187(3%) | 5153(2%) | 67,929(3%) | −1,0 |
Periodontics | 6241(3%) | 6548(3%) | 5940(3%) | 5060(3%) | 4911(3%) | 3718(2%) | 2846(2%) | 2861(2%) | 3030(1%) | 2496(1%) | 2806(1%) | 2836(1%) | 3079(1%) | 52,372(2%) | −50,7 |
Endodontics | 1332(1%) | 1563(1%) | 1707(1%) | 1679(1%) | 1727(1%) | 1809(1%) | 2180(1%) | 2190(1%) | 2503(1%) | 2677(1%) | 2576(1%) | 2425(1%) | 2474(1%) | 26,842(1%) | 85,7 |
Treatment of TMD disorders | 190(< 1%) | 293(< 1%) | 262(< 1%) | 342(< 1%) | 316(< 1%) | 274(< 1%) | 302(< 1%) | 333(< 1%) | 334(< 1%) | 352(< 1%) | 334(< 1%) | 288(< 1%) | 331(< 1%) | 3951(< 1%) | 74,2 |
Prosthetics | 662(< 1%) | 605(< 1%) | 212(< 1%) | 59(< 1%) | 51(< 1%) | 73(< 1%) | 81(< 1%) | 71(< 1%) | 74(< 1%) | 64(< 1%) | 37(< 1%) | 25(< 1%) | 30(< 1%) | 2044(< 1%) | − 95,5 |