Two cantons in Switzerland have recently launched an initiative to implement a dental care insurance coverage that will be supported by income taxes [ 37].
Accordingly, a recent popular initiative has been launched in two Swiss Cantons (Vaud: about 734,300 inhabitants; and Valais about 321,700 inhabitants) to implement a dental care insurance coverage that will be supported by part of the income tax (0.5% employee, 0.5% employer) [ 37].
While income is a key determinant of utilizing dental care, implementing a universal dental insurance is thought to be the most feasible approach to improve, at the population level, the access to dental care.
The current initiative in two Swiss cantons proposes to improve access to dental care, particularly for low income people, by implementing a publicly funded dental care insurance coverage [ 37].
The New South Wales NSW Oral Health Branchch in Australia has implemented a priority dental system, the Priority Oral Health Program (POHP), which replaced the traditional system of chronological queuing for access to public general dental care.
This study seeks to determine whether implementing a kaupapa Maaori (Maaori philosophical viewpoint) in an early childhood caries (ECC) intervention reduces dental disease burden among Maaori children.
The decision of whether to extract a ROF tooth and substitute it with a dental implant, or to implement a more conservative management approach by attempting an additional endodontic treatment aimed to preserve the natural tooth, is complicated and multifactorial.
In our nationwide campaign, Action for Dental Health, the American Dental Association is working with dentists in communities across the country, as well as other partners and allies, to implement a comprehensive approach to ending the dental health crisis in America.
In 2006, the German government stipulated that general dental practitioners should implement a system of annual assessment of quality management, in the same way that general medical practices are expected to do [ 14].
Dental care practices that implemented a quality management program had better organizational quality in contrast to a comparison group.
