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In 2014, scholars combined three social aspects: the school enrollment, the life expectancy and the GDP per capita by crosschecking the teeth care rate across Europe with the Human Development Index (HDI). The resultant data agree with the previous ones, hence countries with a low HDI have a lower use of dental care as observed in Eastern European countries [6]. At last, the density of dentists in a certain country is crucial for the dental care use, even more than the behavioral factors. It means that the more dentists there are, the more population accesses to dental care services [6]. About the former, in the early 2000s a wide statistic on the population per dentists highlights several disparities across the world. Among the European countries, Austria and Poland are those with less dentists per population, while Sweden excels with a higher dental assistance. Instead, in the United States, the lack of a public health system assistance is reflected by a lower rate of dentists per population than the European average [7].
Based on this background, the access to dental treatment plays a crucial role in society, reflecting the country divergences and problems. In this regard, a homogeneous access to dental care could be a good start to fight social disparities, for instance ideally by extending the health coverage insurance or promoting the dental care prevention. In all Europe and in the United States there’s a lot to cover in order to guarantee the health care to the poorest bracket of the population and the poorest countries. A complete teeth and an adequate dental treatment should be a primary right and not a privilege for white and rich people. Ideally, you should be considered for your merits and qualities, but not for your teeth.
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have access to a better dental care treatment compared to women [6].
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