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Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Dental statistics and research series no. 35

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia are disadvantaged in terms of oral health. This publication provides a summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child oral health using information from the Child Dental Health Survey, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Receipt of Hospital Dental Care Investigation and the Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Oral Health in Remote Communities. Throughout the states and territories studied, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children had consistently higher levels of dental disease in the deciduous and permanent dentition than their non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander counterparts. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children most affected were those in socially disadvantaged groups and those living in rural/remote areas. Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child caries prevalence indicate that dental disease levels are rising, particularly in the deciduous dentition. Indigenous children aged <5 years had almost one-and-a-half times the rate of hospitalisation for dental care as other Australian children, and the rate of Indigenous children receiving hospital dental care rose with increasing geographic remoteness. Less than 5% of remote Indigenous pre-school children reported brushing their teeth on a regular basis and many young remote Indigenous children experienced extensive destruction of their deciduous teeth. Improving the oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia is an important public health and dental service provision issue.

Authored by Jamieson L, Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 14 December 2007; ISSN 1321-0254; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 618 7; AIHW cat. no. DEN 167; 131pp.; $25.00

The Child Dental Health Survey Northern Territory 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 27 April 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 162; 32pp.; INTERNET ONLY

The Child Dental Health Survey Tasmania 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 27 April 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 163; 25pp.; INTERNET ONLY

The Child Dental Health Survey ACT 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 30 March 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 157; 28pp.; INTERNET ONLY

The Child Dental Health Survey Queensland 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 30 March 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 161; 36pp.; INTERNET ONLY

The Child Dental Health Survey South Australia 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 30 March 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 159; 33pp.; INTERNET ONLY

The Child Dental Health Survey Victoria 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 30 March 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 158; 28pp.; INTERNET ONLY

The Child Dental Health Survey Western Australia 2002

Authored by Armfield JM & Roberts-Thomson KF.

Published 30 March 2007; AIHW cat. no. DEN 160; 28pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Dental health differences between boys and girls: the child dental health survey Australia 2000

Dental statistics and research series no. 31

This publication provides descriptive epidemiological and service provision data concerning children's dental health in Australia. Data have been derived from the Child Dental Health Survey, which monitors the dental health of children enrolled in state and territory government-run school dental services. Data contained in this report covers the demographic composition of the sample, deciduous and permanent caries experience, the extent of immediate treatment needs and other relevant information. National trends and state/territory comparisons precede an examination of differences in dental health between boys and girls, and international comparisons.

Authored by Armfield JM, Roberts-Thomson KF, Slade GD & Spencer AJ.

Published 22 July 2004; ISSN 1321 0254; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 381 0; AIHW cat. no. DEN 131; 55pp.; OUT OF PRINT

The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 1999: trends across the 1990s

Dental statistics and research series no. 27

The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 1999: Trends across the 1990s reveals the state of oral health in Australia's school-age children. It includes age-specific and age-standardised measures of dental caries experience and treatment within each State and Territory, and national estimates of these measures for 1999. Australian children experience comparatively low levels of dental caries. However, a minority of children still experience extensive decay and carry most of the burden of this disease. Trends in caries experience are also presented for the period 1990-1999. The findings show that caries experience in both the deciduous and permanent dentitions has changed over time and that in the later half of the 1990s improvements in oral health had ceased. The knowledge of changes in children's oral health can serve as a guide for policy development in order to further improve the oral health of Australian children.

Authored by Armfield JM, Roberts-Thomson KF & Spencer AJ.

Published 17 April 2003; ISSN 1321 0254; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 252 3; AIHW cat. no. DEN 95; 60pp.; OUT OF PRINT