BACKGROUND: The aims of the study were to compare the dimensions of oral-health-related quality-of-life measured by a generic health state measure, the EuroQol, and a specific oral health measure, the Oral Health Impact Profile. METHODS: Data were collected in 2001-02 from a random sample of South Australian dentists using mailed self-complete questionnaires. Dentists recorded the […]

Health Card holders are a financially disadvantaged group and are the target population eligible for public-funded dental care. The aims of this study were to describe the oral health status of public-funded dental patients by age, sex, type of care and geographic location, and to compare trends over time. METHODS: Patients were sampled randomly by […]

BACKGROUND: Parents have an important role in making decisions about their children’s oral health. The purpose of the authors’ study was to determine parental perceptions of their children’s oral health status and factors correlated with these perceptions of health. METHODS: The authors analyzed data for 3,424 children (2-5 years of age) from the Third National […]

PURPOSE: This study sought to investigate problems reported by patients before and after prosthodontic treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patient-reported problems were studied using the item list contained in the German version of the Oral Health Impact Profile in a convenience sample of 107 prosthodontic patients before (T0), 1 month after (T1), and 6 to 12 […]

BACKGROUND: Surveys of oral health have not previously compared national adult populations using measures of subjective oral health. AIMS: To compare subjective oral health of adults in the UK and Australian populations. METHODS: Cross sectional studies were conducted of people aged 18+ years in the 1998 UK Adult Dental Health Survey and the 1999 Australian […]

While it is recognised that risk behaviours for general health tend to cluster among individuals, it is less clear whether risk behaviours for oral health co-occur among these same individuals. OBJECTIVES: To describe the distribution of health-relevant behaviours in a population sample, to examine whether oral and general risk behaviours cluster among individuals and to […]

BACKGROUND: The reasons why socioeconomic circumstances are associated with oral health are not well understood. This study investigated whether psychosocial factors might play an explanatory role. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey data were used from the 1999 National Dental Telephone Interview Survey together with information from an accompanying questionnaire sent to adult interviewees. Household income and self-rated […]

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess parents’ satisfaction with the preventive dental care their children received in medical offices. METHODS: Caregivers accompanying Medicaid children for their medical visits at 30 practices, with at least 1 physician providing dental services, completed questionnaires just before and 12 months after initial dental care visits. Information […]

OBJECTIVE: To collect baseline data on practice types and services provided by orthodontists in Australia and New Zealand. METHOD: A total of 510 questionnaires was sent and 258 were returned. The response rate was 53 per cent. RESULTS: The average age of respondents was 50 years (SD: 9.8 years) with female orthodontists being younger (Mean: […]

Background: This study was designed to measure job satisfaction among registered clinical dentists so as to identify issues which may influence recruitment and retention of dentists in active clinical practice. Methods: A questionnaire measuring dimensions of job satisfaction was mailed to a stratified random sample of 80 private and 80 public sector dentists selected from […]