| 1. Caries experience in children |
No new data available for children
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| 2. Untreated caries prevalence |
No new data available for children
Unfavourable increase for adults
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| 3. Periodontitis prevalence |
Unfavourable increase
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| 4. Edentulism prevalence |
Favourable decrease
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| 5. Inadequate dentition prevalence |
Favourable decrease
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| 6. Mean number of missing teeth |
No Change
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| 7. People experiencing toothache |
Unfavourable increase
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| 8. Food avoidance due to dental problems |
Unfavourable increase
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| 9. People feeling uncomfortable with appearance of mouth and teeth |
Unfavourable increase
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| 10. Oral cancer relative survival rate |
Favourable increase
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| 11. Access to optimally fluoridated drinking water |
No new national data available
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| 12. Adults who smoke daily |
No Change
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| 13. Free sugar consumption |
No baseline data available
Proxy data presented in this report
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| 14. People who have received an oral health check-up in the previous two years |
No Change for children
Unfavourable decrease for adults
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| 15. Daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste |
No Change for children
No Change for adults
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| 16. People who report avoiding or delaying visiting a dental practitioner in the last 12 months |
Favourable decrease
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| 17. Children accessing oral health care through a government funded oral health program |
Favourable increase
*interpret with caution
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| 18. Adults accessing oral health care in the public sector |
Favourable increase
*interpret with caution
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| 19. Potentially preventable dental hospitalisations |
Unfavourable increase
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| 20. Private dental practices and services accredited to National Safety and Quality Health Service standards |
No baseline data available
Recent data shows a Favourable increase
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| 21. Newly registered dental practitioners, by division |
No baseline data available
Recent data shows an Unfavourable decrease
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| 22. Registered clinically active dental practitioners |
No Change
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| 23. Non-oral health vocational education and training sector enrolments successfully completing oral health units of competency |
No Change
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| 24. Students enrolled in dental and oral health courses who have a rural background |
Unfavourable decrease
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| 25. Patient experience visiting a dental professional |
No Change
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| 26. Adult daily alcohol consumption |
No Change
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