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Monthly Archives: May 2010

The National Survey of Adult Oral Health (State and territory reports)

The report, separated by States and Territories, presents findings from the 2004-06 National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH). Information was collected using interviews and standardised dental examinations that were conducted among sample of residents aged 15 years or more. Three major themes are reported in chapters describing oral health status, oral health care and […]

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Projected demand and supply for dental visits in Australia: analysis of the impact of changes in key inputs

Summary In the early part of the current decade an emerging shortage of dental practitioners was widely recognised by the dental profession and key stakeholders. At this time, the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) published several reports projecting and examining supply and demand of dental visits in Australia. Since the publication of […]

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Oral health of adults in the public dental sector

Summary This study shows that public dental patients have significantly worse oral health than the Australian population. The higher prevalence of an inadequate dentition, and the increased presence of decayed teeth and periodontal pockets suggests that this low income group’sdisadvantage in oral health status is related to lower socioeconomic status and ability to access dental […]

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Water fluoridation and children’s dental health: The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 2002

This publication by the AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit presents the results of The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 2002 and examines the differences in oral health of children residing in areas of different concentration of fluoride in the public water supply. The findings demonstrate that decay experience differs across areas of different water […]

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Geographic distribution of the Australian dental labour force 2003

Geographic distribution of the Australian dental labour force 2003 presents results from the 2003 national dental labour force data collection. The collection includes all dentists, dental therapists, dental hygienists and dental prosthetists across Australia. This publication presents the overall numbers and the practice status of the dental labour force in each state and territory, across […]

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Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia are disadvantaged in terms of oral health. This publication provides a summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child oral health using information from the Child Dental Health Survey, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Receipt of Hospital Dental Care Investigation and the Study of […]

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Socioeconomic differences in children’s dental health: The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 2001

This publication by the AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit presents the results of The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 2001 and examines the differences in oral health of children residing in differing areas of socioeconomic advantage. The findings show that caries experience differs across areas of varying socioeconomic status and that these differences are […]

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Practice activity patterns of dentists in Australia: trends over time by age of patients.

This publication presents findings on the activity of dentists in private general practice from The Longitudinal Study of Dentists’ Practice Activity. Data for this study, based on a random sample of dentists, have been collected at five-year intervals since 1983-84. Trends over time in the characteristics of patients and visits, and services provided are presented […]

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Dental health differences between boys and girls: The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 2000

This publication by the AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit presents the results of The Child Dental Health Survey 2000 and examines the differences in oral health between boys and girls. The findings show that caries experience differs for boys and girls and that these differences cannot be entirely accounted for by differences in the […]

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Oral health trends among adult public dental patients

Oral health trends among adult public dental patients presents findings on edentulism (complete tooth loss), dental caries (decay) and periodontal (gum) disease among public dental patients between 1995-96 and 2001-02. Adults eligible for public dental care are primarily persons on low incomes who hold government entitlement cards such as aged pensioners and the unemployed. Data […]

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