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Nor Tannlaegeforen Tid. 1978 Jun;88(6):277-82.
The 740 dentists authorized to practise dentistry in Norway during the years 1972-1976 were contacted by postal questionnaires in April/May the first and second year following authorization. Those authorized in 1972 and 1976 were surveyed only once, in 1972 and 1977, respectively. The response rate was always higher than 89%. Urban/rural and regional maldistribution of civilian dentists was reduced during the years 1972-1977 (Tables 1-7). The dentist/population ratio fails to allow for variation in need and demand for dental care, the use of ancillary personnel, demographic, socio-economic and cultural factors. Consequently, care should be exercised when judging the adequacy or otherwise of the supply of dentists by these results. The proportion of respondents whose place of work and home address at the start of dental studies, was the same county, increased during the observation period (Fig. 1), when in fact an opposite trend had been expected because of the progressively more difficult job situation for newly authorized dentists. It was concluded that this tendency to return "home" might be made use of in the efforts to make dental health services equally available and accessible to all citizens.
在获得授权后的第一年（1972年）和第二年（1973年）的4月/5月，通过邮政问卷联系了1972 - 1976年期间挪威740名获得牙科从业资格的牙医。1972年和1976年获得授权的牙医分别仅在1972年和1977年接受了一次调查。回复率始终高于89%。1972 - 1977年期间，民用牙医的城乡和地区分布不均情况有所改善（表1 - 7）。牙医/人口比率没有考虑到牙科护理需求和需求的变化、辅助人员的使用、人口、社会经济和文化因素。因此，在根据这些结果判断牙医供应是否充足时应谨慎。在观察期内，牙科学习开始时工作地点和家庭住址在同一县的受访者比例有所增加（图1），而实际上由于新获授权牙医的工作形势日益严峻，预计会出现相反的趋势。得出的结论是，这种“返乡”趋势可用于努力使所有公民都能平等地获得牙科保健服务。
