Table 4.

Oral health care services included in government-defined essential health service lists

Service type	Number of countries with service offered	RWA	ETH	SLE	LBR	MDG	MOZ	AFG	MWI	SOM	ERI	GMB	SDN
Tooth extraction	7	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
Dental abscess drainage	4	Yes	Yes		Yes					Yes
Dental caries treatment	3		Yes		Yes	Yes
Cleft lip and palate repair	3	Yes	Yes		Yes
Dental filling	3	Yes		Yes					Yes
Dentures and prosthesis	3	Yes		Yes		Yes
Maxillofacial trauma treatment	3	Yes	Yes					Yes
Oral health knowledge awareness†	3		Yes	Yes			Yes
Oral tumor treatment	3		Yes	Yes		Yes
School oral health service	3				Yes		Yes				Yes
Dental trauma treatment	2		Yes	Yes
Gum disease and treatment	2		Yes					Yes
Oral emergency service	2		Yes							Yes
Oral disease preventive service†*	2	Yes					Yes
Oral surgery	2	Yes		Yes
Salivary disease treatment	2	Yes						Yes
Atraumatic restorative treatment	1			Yes
Basic dental care*	1												Yes
Dental scaling†	1	Yes
Fluoride use expansion†	1						Yes
Oral disease screening†	1	Yes
Oral health service for the elderly*	1										Yes
Orofacial infection treatment	1		Yes
Orthodontics for dental condition	1	Yes
Specialized dental care services*	1											Yes
Tooth pain management	1								Yes
Number of provided services in each country		12	11	8	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1

1. Country name abbreviations: RWA (Rwanda), ETH (Ethiopia), SLE (Sierra Leone), LBR (Liberia), MDG (Madagascar), MOZ (Mozambique), AFG (Afghanistan), MWI (Malawi),

SOM (Somalia), ERI (Eritrea), GMB (Gambia), SDN (Sudan)

*No further information on specific intervention provided

^†Preventive oral health care service