Task allocation in periodontal treatment among older adults in public oral health services in Helsinki, Finland, from 2007 to 2016.

Although ≥45 min procedures were infrequent, dental hygienists performed them twice as often as dentists, with a decreasing trend in the older patient groups.

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The percentage of the three shortest duration NSPT procedures of all NSPT treatments provided performed by dentists (<10, ≥10, and ≥20 min) was similar across the age groups (8%–14%), with a slightly increasing trend for the <10 and ≥10 min procedures from the youngest to the oldest age group.

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Of all NSPT treatments provided, the percentage of ≥20‐min NSPT procedures provided by dental hygienists showed an increasing trend from the youngest to the oldest age category, rising from 12% to 22%.

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