Countries with public dental care coverage have lower social inequalities in the use of dental services than countries without such coverage.

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental care services in Europe: what is the role of public coverage? Palència L, Espelt A, Cornejo-Ovalle M, Borrell C.Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2014;42:97-105. Methods: Stefan Listl, Priv-Doz, Dr rer pol, Dr med dent, MSc

Objective: The authors analyzed samples of persons age 50 years or older from 11 European countries to examine whether social inequalities in dental care use are lower in countries with than in countries without public dental care coverage. Background: None

Methods: Cross-sectional study Methods: Level 3: Other evidence Methods: Not applicable.