Dental Health

Modern dentistry aims to avoid dental fillings by preventing dental disease.

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Updated May 2011

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Title:   Local anaesthetic solutions
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Dental local anaesthetic solutions are usually contained in premade cartridges, designed for injection without any further mixing or addition.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Oral health
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   Oral health among Indigenous Australians. Guidelines, health promotion resources, journal articles, reports and publications, theses, bibliography and organisations.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Visits supplied in dental practice in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   In Australia, the number of hours per year dentists spent working decreased between 1983 and 2010. The number of patient visits supplied per hour worked also fell over the same period. These declines were reflected in a decrease in the overall number of patient visits supplied by dentists per year.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Dentists, specialists and allied practitioners in Australia: Dental Labour Force Collection, 2006
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The dental labour force comprises dentists, dental specialists and allied practitioners, including dental hygienists, dental therapists, oral health therapists (dual-qualified hygienists and therapists) and dental prosthetists.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Oral health practitioners in Australia, 2006
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   In 2006, there were 1,171 dental therapists, 674 dental hygienists and 371 oral health therapists practising in Australia. The oral health practitioner workforce was overwhelmingly female, with 98.8% of dental therapists, 96.7% of hygienists and 94.8% of oral health therapists being female. Dental therapists were the oldest group among the oral health labour force, with an average age of 42.9 years.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Oral health practitioners labour force projection 2006-2025
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Between 2006 and 2025 the number of oral health therapists practising in Australia is expected to increase from 371 to 2,117. Dental hygienist numbers are also expected to increase (from 674 to 1,458), while dental therapist numbers are projected to decrease (from 1,171 to 443). Overall, the number of oral health practitioners per 100,000 population is expected to increase from 10.8 to 16.2 by 2025.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Trends in access to dental care among Australian adults 1994-2008
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Between 1994 and 2008 half of all Australians visited a dentist most years and the proportion of those who visited for a check-up increased from 46% to 55%. However, there were growing inequalities in the use of dental care.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Contact details for public dental services
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   Lists contact details for public dental services in NSW
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Dental attendance patterns and oral health status
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This publication explores the relationship between dental attendance patterns and oral health status. The findings are sourced from the 2004–2006 National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH).
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Dental treatment - overview
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dentists can provide many dental and oral health treatments to prevent tooth decay, gum disease and tooth loss. Common dental treatments include check-up, scaling and cleaning, fissure sealants, fillings and restorations, tooth extraction, fitting of dentures and orthodontic treatment.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Self-rated oral health of adults
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Description:   Adults were asked to rate their oral health in the 2008 National Dental Telephone Interview Survey (NDTIS) and this report examines their responses by various demographics including age, sex, education and private dental insurance status.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Trends in access to dental care among Australian adults: in brief
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Description:   The trends in dental care among Australian dentate (have some natural teeth) adults from 1994-2008 are investigated in this report, drawn from the National Dental Telephone Interview Survey (NDTIS) conducted in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008. It compares the services received by those eligible for public dentistry and those who are not.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Age and the costs of dental care
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Description:   Data from the National Dental Telephone Interview Survey 2004-06 and the Longitudinal Study of Dentists' Practice Activity 2003-04 was used to explore the relationship between age and the costs of dental care. Generally, dental costs rise with age until declining in the older age groups (75 years and over).
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Dental & allied health
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information about DVA arrangments for dentists and allied health professionals who treat eligible veterans
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Dental notes - Vitamin D deficiency in adults
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Bone metabolism involves highly complex interactions of multiple factors, not the least of which is the patient's level of serum vitamin D.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Australian Dental Association
Publisher:   Australian Dental Association
Description:   Home page of the Australian Dental Association
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Smoking and your dental health - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Smoking not only damages your general health but also causes problems in your mouth.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Relative needs index study, South Australia and New South Wales
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The demand for public dental services exceeds the capacity of available resources. Services are therefore rationed by categorising them into those seeking emergency or general dental care and then, most commonly, by chronological queuing.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Caring for oral health in Australian residential care
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   As the Australian population ages and more older Australians retain their natural teeth, more people living in residential aged care are developing complex oral disease and dental problems. This report shows that carers play a crucial role in helping maintain the oral health of older adults in residential aged care.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Oral health of health cardholders attending for dental care in the private and public sectors
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Health cardholders who visit a public dentist have a similar level of oral health and receive similar dental care as those who visit a private dentist. This publication presents findings on health cardholders attending for dental care in the private and public sector using data from the National Survey of Adult Oral Health 2004-06.
Date:   Jan 2009

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