Abstract 2000

Description of oro-dental care social services for

children in Galati County, Romania
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Mihaela Moisei1, Corneliu Amariei2
1 Ph.D student, Health services management
2 Pr. Dr., Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University, Constana, !omania
Text of the abstract: Aim! "his presentation aims to descri#e the structure and treatments provided #y oro-
dental providers $dentists% &or'ing &ithin the social health $pu#licly funded% insurance scheme in Galati county
for (-)* year- olds over a for four year period. +ethods! Galati County is representative of Romania in terms of
its population demographics, the num#er of inha#itants and the need for social oro-dental care. Data on activity
&ere collected from the treatment and activity records of the dentists &ho provided care &ithin the national health
insurance scheme to provide an overvie& of the current state of pu#licly funded dental care for ( - )* year-olds.
Results! "he num#er of dentists $)),% &or'ing for the pu#lic insurance scheme remained constant over the four
year period. -ighty percent of the &or' that they performed on (-)* year-olds involved active treatment of teeth
$fillings, etc% rather than prevention. .ver the four years there &as an increase in the volume of orthodontic
treatment provided from (,(*/-0((* to (,12/ in 0())and a decrease in the volume surgical procedures and
remova#le prostheses from )*,34/ and ),()0/ in 0((* to )3,5)/ and (,43/ in 0()). "here &as also an
increase in primary prevention activities! professional dental brushing from 8,41% in 2008 to
10,38% in 2011, fuoridising procedures from ,3!% in 2008 to 10,14% in 2011,
sealing procedures from 11,3% in 2008 to 1",08% in 2011# "he num#er of fillings of
simple cavities increased from num#er of fillings of complicated cavities, to 1,13/ in 0((* to 1,,4/ in 0()). "he
total num#er of fillings decreased from total num#er of e6tracted teeth, to ),23/ in 0((* to ),04/ in 0()).
Conclusions! "hese data suggest the follo&ing trends over the last four years! there are favora#le trends for the
curatives activities, surgical procedures, remova#le protheses and orthodontic treatment7 for the primary
prophylactic activity the trends are favora#le for total num#er of procedures.
"he entire dental services has a prophylactic tendency from the vie& point of simple cavity fillings against the
complicated cavity fillings, and the total num#er of fillings against the e6tracted teeth, to more than ) values.
8o&ever, it should #e remem#ered that those &ho &or' for the 9ational 8ealth Insurance scheme are limited to
the provision of care and treatment &ithin a ma6imum of 0(( -uros $per month or year% in fees and &ithin this
ceiling have limited capacity to provide care.
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Acknowledgement of sources of funding: .:9 ;.<RC-;
EADP !ember" =es
A##lied for $orrow %oundation tra&el Award": 9o