[Implications from an increase in wealth for the dental health care]

After a theoretical introduction concerning the relation between wealth and dental health, the consequences as deducted from a scenario which implies a yearly increase of income for the whole population of 1.5% are presented. The main results are a strong income-dependency for the implications of an increase in income for the utilization of dental care. People from the lower socio-economical classes are expected to show increase in the amount of care consumed, while people from the higher socio-economical classes are expected to show a need for more expensive and more preventive treatment. The improvement of the oral health situation due to an increase of wealth is not expected to be significant.