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Monthly Archives: February 2010
National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NHMRC, AIHW, ADA, CDC, Colgate, States/Territories)
The 2004-06 National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH) interviewed a nationally-representative sample of 14,123 people aged 15-97 years and dentally examined 5,505 of them. It represented Australia’s second oral health examination survey, occurring 17 years after the 1987-88 National Oral Health Survey of Australia. The NSAOH was directed by a team of researchers from […]
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A life course epidemiological approach to understanding oral health inequalities (NHMRC Project Grant)
Life course epidemiology is gaining interest as a means to understand the impact of exposures in early life on health outcomes in adulthood. 15-year follow-up study of children recruited and examined in 1991/92.
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Periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease (NHMRC)
Tracking cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity among NSAOH subjects using AIHW’s National Death Index and National Hospital Morbidity Database to determine whether periodontitis is associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Dentine sensitivity in Australia
The aim of this study is to develop a better understanding of the occurrence, nature and management of dentine sensitivity in Australia, which will assist dental practitioners with a more complete picture of dentine sensitivity and help patients t maintain better oral health. Project coordinator: Dr Ya Ou
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National Dental Anxiety and Fear Survey (ADRF)
This study aims to determine the prevalence of dental fear and phobia in Australia through a national data collection using a number of measures of dental fear; develop a new measure of dental fear; and to provide additional information informing the Cognitive Vulnerability Model of the etiology of fear. The study comprises a questionnaire follow-up […]
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NSW Teen Survey
Collaboration between Centre for Oral Health Strategy NSW and ARCPOH. Survey of teenagers aged 14–15 years enrolled in secondary schools across NSW. Information collected will include an oral health examination and self‑complete questionnaire.
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Association between telomere length and periodontitis among middle-aged males (Sanders, McNamara, Hughes, Slade, Bartold)
Periodontitis is an age-related disease affecting one in five Australian adults and a major cause of tooth loss. This study will investigate whether adults with periodontitis have shorter telomere lengths than adults without this disease. Telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes, shorten with each cell division. However shortening occurs at different rates […]
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Burden of Oral Disease (ADRF; AU Small Grant)
An investigation of the type of dental problems treated by dentists and the impact that those dental problems have on patients. The Burden of Oral Disease Study was collected from South Australia dentists and their patients using a two-stage sampling approach in 2001-02. Dentists provided data on the oral health status and diagnosis of dental […]
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Burden of oral diseases and disorders in Australia (University of Adelaide Scholarship)
This project aims to determine the burden of oral diseases and disorders for the Australian population, paying particular attention to the quantification of both the mortality and the morbidity components of oral health with the use of revised methodologies for the estimation of prevalence, incidence, duration and disability weights for each of the oral and […]
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Nutritional intake and dentition status (ADRF)
This project aims to compare the dietary intake of specific nutrients of people with varying numbers of natural teeth and whether chewing ability mediates the relationship between dentition status and nutrient intake. This research is based on a sub-sample drawn from NSAOH. The aims of this ‘nested’ cross-sectional epidemiological study are to compare the dietary […]
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