More generally, the gap between the necessary and the cosmetic is wider in dentistry than other areas of medicine, making it hard to agree on what the state should subsidise.

• 更普遍的是，在牙科领域里必需的用品和化妆性的用品之间的差距比其他医学领域要宽广的多，这使得关于在何种情形下可以获得资助的决定很难取得一致的同意。