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released: 3 Aug 2011 author: Armfield, J media release

The proportion of children brushing their teeth less than once a day, among children when they start brushing with toothpaste, almost doubled between 1993 and 2000. The proportion brushing with low-fluoride children's toothpaste, as is recommended for children aged 6 years or under, has increased. The inappropriate eating or licking of toothpaste has increased, both when children start brushing and at 5 years of age.

ISSN 1445-775X ; ISBN 978-1-74249-185-1; Cat. no. DEN 211; 12pp.; Internet Only

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Publication table of contents

  • Body section
    • Contents
    • Summary
    • Data collection methods and response
    • Toothbrushing among Australian children
    • Toothbrushing behaviour when child started brushing with toothpaste, 1993–2000
    • Toothbrushing behaviour at age 5 years, 1993–2003
  • End matter
    • References
    • Acknowledgments
    • Verso page

Recommended citation

Armfield, J 2011. Changes in child toothbrushing over time. AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit Research report no. 54. Cat. no. DEN 211. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737419599>.