Oral Health Trends Among Adult Public Dental Patients

ISBN-10
1740243595
ISBN-13
9781740243599
Category
Dental care
Pages
68
Language
English
Published
2004-01-01
Authors
Andrew John Spencer, David Simon Brennan

Description

Oral health trends among adult public dental patients presents findings on edentulism (complete tooth loss), dental caries (decay) and periodontal (gum) disease among public dental patients between 1995-96 and 2001-02. Adults eligible for public dental care are primarily persons on low incomes who hold government entitlement cards such as aged pensioners and the unemployed. Data were collected by dentists at the beginning of a public-funded course of dental care. Trends in oral health are presented by age of patient, type of care (emergency or general), and geographic location (major city or regional/remote). The findings show that while there was little change over time in edentulism and some improvement in periodontal status, the experience of dental caries worsened. Overall, there were more decayed and missing teeth, but fewer filled teeth, with variation by age of patient, location and type of care.

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