Table of contents

  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols
  • Summary
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
    • Background
    • Methods
  1. Oral health
  • Introduction
  • Edentulism
  • Mean number of missing teeth
  • Inadequate dentition
  • Social impact on individuals
  1. Dental visiting
  • Introduction
  • Time since last dental visit
    • Dentate persons
    • Edentulous persons
  • Reason for last dental visit
  • Type of practice visited at last dental visit
  1. Dental care received
  • Introduction
  • Mean number of dental visits and routine services
  • Percentage receiving routine dental services
  • Mean number of dental services received by reason for last visit
  • Dental services received by reason for last visit
  • Reason for an extraction
  • Dental services received by type of practice visited at last dental visit
  • Waiting time
  1. Financial burden
  • Introduction
  • Affordability of dental care
  • Access to dental care by affordability and hardship
  • Dental services received
  1. Variations in oral health and visiting among population groups
  • Variations by age
  • Variations by household income
  • Variations by cardholder status
  • Variations by remoteness area
  • Conclusion
  • End matter
    • Glossary
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: 2008 Survey questionnaire
      • Appendix B: Data collection, analysis and reporting
        • B.1 Sample selection and data collection
        • B.2 Weighting of data
        • B.3 Response levels
        • B.4 Methods used to derive population estimates
        • B.5 Criteria for determining statistical significance
      • Appendix C: Confidence intervals for tables
    • References
    • List of boxes
    • List of tables
    • List of figures