Table 1. Shortfall of dentists (including specialists) as per three equity target based scenarios.

Scenarios	DALY load	Equity Targets
Scenario 1—Best Guess	Lower by 10% up to 2030	Status quo
Scenario 2—Optimistic (equivalent to province at 70 percentiles)		DALY/dentist load improved in three lowest-off provinces to level of the 6th province, ratios in top six provinces are maintained at 2019 levels. This target represents the scaling-up the last tertile of provinces.
Scenario 3 –Aspirational (equivalent to province at 40 percentiles)		DALY/dentist load improved in five lowest-off provinces to level of the 4th province, ratios in top four provinces are maintained at 2019 levels. This reflects a more ambitious target of eliminating inequality of the lower two tertiles of provinces.