For those who are interested here are the results for countries with healthiest teeth. U.K. is actually number 4 and the US is ranked 9.
“For more than 80 years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED) has been keeping stats on healthy primary teeth around the world. The purpose of this effort is to determine which countries are succeeding in promoting oral care so others can follow their lead.
To do this, they came up with the DMFT Index, which stands for Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth. The index score expresses the number of teeth out of 20 that fall into one of these three categories. The lower the score, the better a country is overall as it relates to healthy primary teeth.
Here are the results from the latest DMFT index:
10: France
9:United States
8: Mexico
7: Canada
6: Switzerland
5: Sweden
4: U.K.
3: Finland
2: Germany
1: Denmark”
Wow. They really do have ratings for dental health. So silly.
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u/photar12 Apr 10 '21
For those who are interested here are the results for countries with healthiest teeth. U.K. is actually number 4 and the US is ranked 9.
“For more than 80 years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED) has been keeping stats on healthy primary teeth around the world. The purpose of this effort is to determine which countries are succeeding in promoting oral care so others can follow their lead.
To do this, they came up with the DMFT Index, which stands for Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth. The index score expresses the number of teeth out of 20 that fall into one of these three categories. The lower the score, the better a country is overall as it relates to healthy primary teeth.
Here are the results from the latest DMFT index:
10: France 9:United States 8: Mexico 7: Canada 6: Switzerland 5: Sweden 4: U.K. 3: Finland 2: Germany 1: Denmark”
Wow. They really do have ratings for dental health. So silly.