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Quality indicators in oral health care: A nordic project Proceedings in 2012

The Nordic Project to define Quality Indicators of Oral Health Care was started during the Finnish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in October 2007. It was one of the four health care indicator projects financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic countries participating in the project are Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. At the end of 2010, the working group responsible for project implementation had agreed on 12 indicators of oral health care. Extensive work was done to define the indicators and to ensure the quality of collected data. More quality indicators of oral health care will be needed in the future, and the working group recommends that this work continues. It has been agreed that the country holding the presidency of Nordic Council would lead the project. In 2011, Finland played this role, and in 2012, Norway took over the responsibility. This report will summarize the progress made by the project in 2012. Success of our work is mainly due to the excellent cooperation among the participating experts. I hope that the good work and cooperation will continue under the forthcoming Swedish presidency.