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National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024: performance monitoring report

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Last updated: 03 Dec 2020
Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024: performance monitoring report. Cat. no. DEN 232. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 27 February 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dental-oral-health/national-oral-health-plan-2015-2024

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024: performance monitoring report. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dental-oral-health/national-oral-health-plan-2015-2024

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National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024: performance monitoring report. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 03 December 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dental-oral-health/national-oral-health-plan-2015-2024

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024: performance monitoring report [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2021 Feb. 27]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dental-oral-health/national-oral-health-plan-2015-2024

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024: performance monitoring report, viewed 27 February 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dental-oral-health/national-oral-health-plan-2015-2024

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This report presents data against an agreed set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used to monitor performance of the strategies in Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024. Information is presented for 26 KPIs grouped into seven broad topic areas—oral health status, impacts of oral disease, risk behaviours, preventive strategies, access to services, workforce and quality.

A companion In brief publication has been produced. It provides an overview of key statistics and related information found in these web pages.

  • Cat. no: DEN 232
Findings from this report:
  • Fewer adults aged 15 years and over received an oral health check-up in 2017–18 than in 2013

  • The number of private dental practices accredited to the NSQHS standards nearly tripled between 2016 and 2018

  • In 2017, the rate of FTE dental practitioners per 100,000 in Major cities was nearly triple that in Very remote areas

  • Around three times as many children aged 10–14 years experienced toothache in 2017–18 than in 2013

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  • Contents
    • Summary
    • Background
    • Our oral health—a national perspective
      • Caries experience in children
      • Untreated caries prevalence
      • Periodontitis prevalence
      • Edentulism prevalence
      • Inadequate dentition prevalence
      • Mean number of missing teeth
      • Potentially preventable dental hospitalisations
    • How oral disease impacts our wellbeing
      • People experiencing toothache
      • Food avoidance due to dental problems
      • People feeling uncomfortable with appearance of mouth and teeth
    • Preventive strategies to reduce the risk of oral disease
      • Oral cancer relative survival rate
      • Access to optimally fluoridated drinking water
      • Daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste
    • Behaviours that increase the risk of oral disease
      • Adults who smoke daily
      • Free sugar consumption
      • Adult alcohol consumption
    • Access to oral health services
      • People who have received an oral health check-up in the previous two years
      • People who report avoiding or delaying visiting a dental practitioner in the last 12 months
      • Children accessing oral health care through a government funded oral health program
      • Adults accessing oral health care in the public sector, by jurisdiction
    • Safety and quality of oral health services
      • Private dental practices and services accredited to national safety and quality standards
      • Patient experience visiting a dental professional
    • The oral health workforce
      • Newly registered dental practitioners, by division
      • Registered clinically active dental practitioners
      • Non-oral health VET sector enrolments successfully completing oral health units of competency
      • Students enrolled in dental and oral health courses who have a rural background
    • Data sources
  • Data
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