Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Summary
      • Edentulism
      • Caries experience
      • Decayed teeth 
      • Missing teeth
      • Filled teeth
      • DMF teeth
      • Periodontal status
    • Abbreviations and symbols 
    • Abbreviations of places
    • Acknowledgements
  • Sections

    1. Background

      1. Public dental patients 

      2. Background: oral health data on public dental patients

      3. Purpose of the survey

      4. Structure and themes

    2. Methods

      1. Data collection

        • 1995 - 96 

        • 2001 - 02

      2. Sampling rates

        • Rationale for sampling rates

        • Weighting

      3. Data items

        • Caries experience

        • Periodontal status

        • Visit type 

        • Location

      4. Sample yield

        • Obtained yield

        • Tooth status

    3. Sociodemographic and visit details

    4. Oral health

      1. Edentulism

        • Edentulism 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age

        • Edentulism 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age and type of care

        • Edentulism 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age and location

      2. Caries experience

        • Caries experience 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age

        • Caries experience 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age and type of care

        • Caries experience 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age and location

      3. Periodontal status 

        • Periodontal status 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age

        • Periodontal status 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age and type of care

        • Periodontal status 1995 - 96 and 2001 - 02: by age and location

    5. Discussion

      1. Interpretational issues 

        • Monitoring survey approach

        • Study population

        • Comparison with population-based studies

        • Geographic coverage

        • Survey participation

        • State/territory-specific findings

      2. Oral health findings

        • Edentulism

        • Caries experience

        • Periodontal status 

      3. Discussion of main findings

        • Comparison with the general population: caries 

        • Comparison with public patients: periodontal status 

        • Geographic location

      4. Conclusions

    6. References

  • End matter
    • Appendixes

      • Appendix A: Main findings restricted to states/territories that participated in both rounds of data collection 

      • Appendix B: State/territory-specific main findings 

      • Appendix C: Publications from the Adult Dental Programs Survey