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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Preventive services and risk assessment strategy in South Australian school children
A Polster*, AJ Spencer. The School Dental Services (SDS) in South Australia (SA) introduced a risk management strategy in 1990 as a means of targeting individuals at high risk to dental disease. However, several studies have suggested that high risk children may not be receiving more dental services, in particular preventive care, than other children. […]
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Awareness and implications of the private dental insurance rebate
A Puzio*, JF Stewart, KD Carter, AJ Spencer Dental insurance is associated with dental attendance patterns and service provision. This study examines knowledge of insurance rebates, post-rebate uptake of private dental insurance and the subsequent use of dental services within the Australian population. The study uses population level data collected in the 1999 National Dental […]
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Basic necessity or optional extra? Oral health 2001
Kaye Roberts-Thomson. Oral health is the ability to eat, speak and socialise without discomfort or embarrassment, and without active disease in the mouth which affects overall well-being. It relates to very basic human functions. Oral diseases are among the most prevalent, affecting all age groups and, like general health problems, affect the poor more than […]
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Oral health inequality and psychosocial factors
AE Sanders*, AJ Spencer. Objectives: To examine social inequality in oral health related quality-of-life among dentate Australian adults and to investigate associations between outcomes and psychosocial factors. Method: Data were collected with the 1999 National Dental Telephone Interview Survey and the Dental Health and Lifestyle Factors questionnaire survey mailed to adult interviewees. The questionnaire response rate was […]
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Effect of waiting time on oral health and use of dental services
This study compared the oral health, social impact and dental visiting patterns of persons on legacy waiting lists (LWL) for public dental care for 12, 24 and 36+ months. Respondents completed a questionnaire on use of dental services and social impact of oral health and were examined. Response yields of 26.4%, 20.0%, and 14.4% were […]
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Australian Dental Hygienist Labour Force
The aim of the study is to describe the practice activity of the dental hygienist labour force in Australia and identify emerging trends comparing data from previous labour force collections. In the last quarter of 2000 a comprehensive mail out was conducted of the Australian dental hygienist labour force in the seven States and Territories […]
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Anangu oral health: The status of the Indigenous population of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands
Objective: To describe oral health in the Anangu Pitjantjatjaraku lands in South Australia and to compare with earlier surveys and national data. Design: Descriptive. Setting: Data were collected at the time of dental care service provision, according to World Health Organization protocols, at the request of the Nganampa Health Council on optical mark reader forms. […]
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Dental screening and referral of young children by pediatric primary care providers
OBJECTIVE: Several health care organizations recommend that physicians provide preventive dentistry services, including dental screening and referral. This study is the first to investigate characteristics of medical providers that influence their referral to a dentist of children who are at risk for dental disease. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken of primary care clinicians in […]
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Salivary secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor and oral candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected persons
Oropharyngeal candidiasis, typically caused by Candida albicans, is the most common oral disease associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), a 12-kDa antiprotease, suppresses the growth of C. albicans in vitro. To determine whether the mucosal protein plays a role in protecting oral tissues against fungal infection, we […]
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Service provision by patient and visit characteristics in Australian oral and maxillofacial surgery: 1990 to 2000
This study was set-up to describe main areas of service by patient and visit characteristics and compare trends in services between 1990 and 2000. All registered oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Australia were surveyed in 1990 and 2000 using mailed self-complete questionnaires. Service provision data were collected from a one-week log. Data were available from […]
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