Objective: To analyze the structural determinants associated with outpatient dental emergency (ODE) consultation in a border area of Chile between 2021 and 2024. Materials and methods: An ecological study was conducted using secondary data from the Monthly Statistical Report (REM) of the Chilean Ministry of Health. The study population consisted of beneficiaries of the public health system who were treated by outpatient dental emergency (ODE). ODE consultation rate was estimated was estimated in the region by sex and by municipality (per 1,000 beneficiaries), as well as the annual percentage variation (APV). A correlational analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between the ODE rate and structural determinants at the geographic level: Income poverty (IP), multidimensional poverty (MP), rurality, mean years of schooling at the municipality level, and the proportion of the migr...