The Dutch pay much more attention to the health of their teeth (83% of them have consulted their dentist in one year), ahead of the Danes (78%), the Luxembourgers (77%) and the Germans (77%).
The French place themselves below the European average since 57% of European citizens have consulted a dentist during the last year. The bad students are the Romanians (34%) and the Hungarians (35%).
The Eurobarometer also reveals that a majority of French people have at least one artificial tooth. Thus, only 34% of French people claim to have all their original teeth. Very few Hungarians have only natural teeth (19%), ahead of Estonians (27%) and Poles (28%). It should be noted that 41% of the entire European panel has all their original teeth.
Another observation: only 31% of Europeans wear removable dentures. The English are at the top of the ranking with more than 38% of the population having dentures, ahead of the Poles (37%), the Portuguese (37%) and the Belgians (37%).
Half of Europeans indicate that their last visit to a dentist was for a check-up, routine examination or scaling. A third of Europeans have consulted it for ordinary treatment and nearly one in five Europeans for emergency treatment.
Finally, the three reasons cited for not having consulted a dentist in the last two years are minor dental problems (33%), having no teeth or false teeth (16%) and the price. expensive dental examinations and treatments (15%).
This first Eurobarometer was carried out in October 2009 in the 27 Member States of the European Union and in the three candidate countries (Turkey, Macedonia, Croatia).
