Survey of Consciousness Concerning the Demand for and Supply of Dental Care in Nagasaki Inhabitants

Abstract

A consciousness survey concerning the demand for and supply of dental care was conducted among the inhabitants in Nagasaki city having an excess of dentists, in Takashima-cho having no dentist and in Sasebo city which is the intermediate type between the above two areas. As a result, the inhabitants in Nagasaki city were quantitatively satisfied with the provision of dental care, while there was an extremely high demand for the care in Takashima-cho. In Sasebo city, the degree of satisfaction with the dental care tended to be the same as that in Nagasaki city.