Dental & oral health

Data on the oral health status of Australians are obtained from national surveys or data collections associated with the delivery of dental services. The major surveys that are conducted regularly include:

• the National Dental Care Survey (most recent year for which data are available is 2021)
• the National Survey of Adult Oral Health (most recent year for which data are available is 2017–18)
• the National Child Oral Health Study (most recent year for which data are available is 2012–14)

Other data sources that are routinely used to report on aspects of oral and dental health include:

• National Hospital Morbidity Database
• Health Expenditure Database
• Disease Expenditure Database
• Public Dental Waiting Time Database
• National Health Workforce Database
• Patient Experiences