Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • List of contributors
  • Editorial team
  • Choosing a provider
  • Social values and choice of provider
  • Patient mobility
  • Patient preferences for dentist gender, age and cultural group
  • Public perceptions of dental auxiliaries
  • The technology of dentistry
  • Public perceptions of radiation safety
  • Perceptions on health risk from mercury and dental amalgam restorations in Australia
  • Public perception of cross-infection control in dentistry
  • Fears and phobias
  • Dental anxiety in Australia
  • Oral health promotion
  • Support for water fluoridation in Australia
  • Public knowledge of the prevention of caries and gum diseases
  • Acceptable oral health
  • Assessments on oral health outcomes by the community
  • Dental neglect
  • Satisfaction with dental care
  • School dental service and private dentistry
  • Public and private patients
  • Response to patient copayments in public dental services in Victoria