Oral health trends among adult public dental patients

This publication 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.

ISSN 1321 0254; ISBN 978 1 74024 359 9; Cat. no. DEN 127; 68pp.; OUT OF PRINT