Smit, Dirk AOsman, Yusuf I2020-10-262020-10-262017Smit, D.A., & Osman, Y. I. (2017) .The availability of the basic oral health care package in the Western Cape. South African Dental Journal. 72 (4), 162-166. Url: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S0011-85162017000400006&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en0375-1562http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5302The majority of the uninsured population in the Western Cape, estimated at about 4.5 million, are dependent on public dental clinics. Dental caries remains the most common chronic disease world-wide. Caries experience among 6-year-old children in the province increased from 82% to 84% in the period 2002 – 2015. Oral health programmes to promote good oral health at schools and clinics are very limited. A cross sectional study investigated 128 dental clinics in the Western Cape to determine the availability of the basic oral health care package, which includes promotion of oral health, preventing oral disease and basic oral health treatmentenOral health careWestern CapeDental cariesDental clinicsAvailability of oral health packagesArticle