Child and teenager oral health and dental visiting: results from the National Dental Telephone Interview Survey 2010

This publication describes the self-reported oral health and dental visiting patterns of Australian children and teenagers in 2010 as well as trends between 1994 and 2010. While the majority of children and teenagers reported good oral health and had made a dental visit in the previous 12 months, almost 30% experienced at least one financial barrier or burden associated with dental care. Lower rates of dental visiting and greater experience of poor oral health, financial barriers or hardship, and barriers to dental care were all more evident among those from lower income households than those from higher income households.