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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Using qualitative methodology to elucidate themes for a traditional tooth gauging education tool for use in a remote Ugandan community
The gauging of unerupted deciduous canine teeth occurs in approximately one in three children in some areas of Uganda. It is believed that such teeth are ‘maggots’ that cause fever, diarrohea and vomiting. Traditional healers use knitting needles, bicycle spokes, scissors or broken glass to extract the teeth. Post-ebino extraction complications include septicaemia, anaemia, difficulties […]
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The oral health assessment tool – validity and reliability
BACKGROUND: The Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) was a component of the Best Practice Oral Health Model for Australian Residential Care study. The OHAT provided institutional carers with a simple, eight category screening tool to assess residents’ oral health, including those with dementia. This analysis presents OHAT reliability and validity results. METHODS: A convenience sample […]
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Caries incidence and increments in Adelaide nursing home residents
The objective of The Adelaide Dental Study of Nursing Homes was to quantify coronal and root caries incidence and increments in residents of Adelaide nursing homes. A longitudinal design was used to conduct dental inspections, completed by calibrated dental examiners, for residents of 7 randomly selected nursing homes at both baseline and at one-year follow-up. […]
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Oral health and dental care in Australia: key facts and figures 2011
Summary This report summarises the most recent key findings on the state of oral health and dental care of the Australian population. Data have been sourced from surveys managed by the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) and administrative data sets managed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). In 2006, […]
Oral Health of Australians: National planning for oral health improvement
Introduction Good oral health enables an individual to eat, speak and socialise without active disease, discomfort or embarrassment and contributes to general well-being. National planning for oral health improvement must be underpinned by a solid understanding of the state of oral health, of deficiencies in either oral health status or the service delivery system, and […]
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Measuring Oral Health and Quality of Life
Introduction This publication contains a selection of papers that were presented at a conference entitled “Assessing oral health outcomes: measuring health status and quality of life”. The purpose of the conference, which was held on June 13 and 14, 1996 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was to examine methods for measuring oral health related quality […]
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What options do we have for organising, providing and funding better public dental care?
Introduction Public dental care in Australia is struggling to avoid being labelled poor dentistry for poor people. While Australian children enjoy levels of oral health and dental care among the best in the world, Australian adults have comparatively poor oral health and disadvantaged adults have inadequate access to dental care. This was the situation described […]
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Associations among four modalities of experimental pain in women
The aim of this study was to investigate the associations among 4 measures of pain induction procedures in 244 healthy women. The procedures were (1) pressure pain threshold assessed over the temporalis muscles, masseter muscles, temporomandibular joints, and the wrists; (2) C fiber-mediated heat pain threshold/tolerance assessed on the skin over the forearm, cheek, and […]
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Public water fluoridation and dental health in New South Wales
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether access to fluoridated public water in New South Wales (NSW) is related to both a reduction in caries experience within NSW regions and to better dental health for disadvantaged children. METHODS: Cross-sectional population data on children attending the School Dental Service in NSW in 2000 were used to calculate and compare […]
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Government subsidies for dental care in Australia
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of recent changes in public subsidies for oral health care in Australia, and to propose more effective and equitable uses of Commonwealth Government subsidies. METHODS: Review of literature and Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health information. RESULTS: Commonwealth subsidies for oral health care services in Australia have been moved […]
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