3.A.2 Number of dentists per 10 thous. population (employed persons in the main place of work)
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Priority
Increasing access to public health services
Definition
Number of dentists (working according to their primary place of work) per 10 thousand people.
Unit
persons
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
A dentist is a medical profession that involves the provision of health services in the field of diseases of the teeth, oral cavity, facial part of the skull and adjacent areas by a person with the required qualifications, confirmed by appropriate documents.
The regional medical council grants the right to practice medicine to a person who has obtained the required qualifications, completed a postgraduate internship and passed the Medical-Dental State Examination.
Employed according to the primary place of work are people working full-time, in hours exceeding full-time and part-time in relation to the working time specified in the applicable regulations for a given type of work. These people, regardless of the working time, are counted once, according to the primary place of employment.
