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    The document discusses dental need, demand, and utilization. It defines the different types of need as normative need, felt need, expressed need, and comparative need. Demand is defined as the expression of a desire to receive healthcare based on perceived needs. Utilization refers to actual attendance at dental facilities for care. The document also examines factors that affect dental demand such as age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, occupation, and residence. Finally, it defines dental manpower planning and the process which involves analyzing needs and demands, assessing current resources, formulating policy, and estimating future requirements.

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    The document discusses dental need, demand, and utilization. It defines the different types of need as normative need, felt need, expressed need, and comparative need. Demand is defined as the expression of a desire to receive healthcare based on perceived needs. Utilization refers to actual attendance at dental facilities for care. The document also examines factors that affect dental demand such as age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, occupation, and residence. Finally, it defines dental manpower planning and the process which involves analyzing needs and demands, assessing current resources, formulating policy, and estimating future requirements.

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    The document discusses dental need, demand, and utilization. It defines the different types of need as normative need, felt need, expressed need, and comparative need. Demand is defined as the expression of a desire to receive healthcare based on perceived needs. Utilization refers to actual attendance at dental facilities for care. The document also examines factors that affect dental demand such as age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, occupation, and residence. Finally, it defines dental manpower planning and the process which involves analyzing needs and demands, assessing current resources, formulating policy, and estimating future requirements.

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    Dental need and demand

    Need: It is an important concept in public health. It is used in the


    planning and management of health services including health
    improvement, resources allocation and equity.

    Need for care is defined as the quantity of dental treatment which should
    be available over a time period for people to be certified dentally healthy.

    There are various definition of need. There are four categories of need:

    1-Normative need (defined by the professional)

    Is that which the professional defines as need in any given situation

    2-Felt need (Perceived need)

    This reflects the individual own assessment of his or her requirement for
    health care. It is equated with want.

    3-Expressed need (demand):

    This is felt need is converted in to action by seeking care

    Demand: is the expression by a patient or the public of desire to receive


    health care related to the perceived needs.

    4-Coparative need, which is assessed by comparing care received by


    different people with similar characteristics.
    The methods of assessment of treatment need has been through:

    1-Clinical examination

    2-Measuring patient demand for treatment.

    3-Survey system to determine oral health status of the population

    Utilization: is the actual attendance by members of the public at dental


    treatment facilities to receive dental care.

    Factors affecting dental demands:

    1-Age: Utilization are lowest in children < 5 years and in person >65
    years.

    2-Gender: female more than male but in some age and education, male=
    female

    3-Education: Utilization increased with increasing the level of education.

    4-Socioeconomic status: higher social class more than low social class.
    This is because higher social class often related to high income and good
    educational level.

    5-Occupation: Persons in professional occupation visit their dentist more


    than nonskilled manual worker.

    6-Residence: Urban area more than rural area.

    The larger community the greater the utilization rate for dental services.
    Dental manpower:

    Manpower: defined as individual with a kind of knowledge, skill and


    attitude need to achieve predetermined health target and ultimately health
    status objective.

    Dental health manpower planning: has been defined as the process of


    estimating the number of persons and the kind of knowledge and skills
    the need to achieve predetermined dental health targets and optimal
    improvements in dental health of the population.

    Dental health manpower planning involves:

    1-Analysis and projections of dental health needs and demands for


    population which obtained from epidemiological surveys and treatment
    records.

    2-Assessment of present dental health manpower availability and its


    pattern of utilization.

    3-Formulation of policy.

    4-Estimation of future manpower requirements.

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