Table of contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Abbreviations
- Purpose of the report
- Description of survey methods
- Source of subjects
- Sampling
- Data items
- Data analysis and weighting of data
- Adjustments for the under-reporting of decay in New South Wales
- Administration of the survey
- Description of national findings
- Number in sample and Estimated Resident Population
- Birthplace of children and mothers
- Indigenous status of children and mothers
- Deciduous teeth - age-specific caries experience
- Permanent teeth - age-specific caries experience
- All teeth - age-specific caries experience
- Fissure sealants - age-specific experience
- Immediate treatment needs - age-specific distribution
- Differences in caries experience by geographic classification
- Interstate comparison - 5- to 6-year-old dmft
- Interstate comparison - 12-year-old DMFT
- Interstate comparison - all teeth age-standardised caries experience
- National summary
- National trends
- Caries experience indices, 1977-1998
- Children presenting with no caries experience, 1977-1998
- International comparisons
- References
- Appendix A