Oral health of Australian children : the National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 /

This collaborative work provides a detailed snapshot of child oral health in Australia. In doing so, it describes the levels of dental caries and its components, dental fluorosis and other oral health conditions and how they vary by social characteristics. It also describes protective factors such a...

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Corporate Authors: National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Do, Loc G. (Editor), Spencer, A. J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Adelaide, South Australia : University of Adelaide Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Anne Kelso
  • Executive summary / LG Do and AJ Spencer
  • Children's oral health : assessing and improving oral health / AJ Spencer and LG Do
  • Measuring child oral health and its influences / S. Chrisopoulos, A. Ellershaw, L. Luzzi, KF Roberts-Thomson and LG Do
  • Data weighting, consideration and estimation procedures / A. Ellershaw, C. Koster and LG Do
  • Measuring representatives of the study participants / L. Luzzi, DH Ha, A. Ellershaw, C. Koster, DS Brennan and S. Chrisopoulos
  • Children's oral health status in Australia, 2012-14 / DH Ha, KF Roberts-Thomson, P. Arrow, KG Peres and LG Do
  • Patterns of dental services use by Australian children / DS Brennan, X. Ju, N. Amarasena, M. Dooland, KG Peres, GC Mejia and AJ Spencer
  • Australian children's oral health behaviours / JM Armfield, S. Chrisopoulos, KG Peres, KF Roberts-Thomson and AJ Spencer
  • Australian children's general health behaviours / LG Do, JE Harford, DH Ha and AJ Spencer
  • Social gradients in child oral health / MA Peres, X. Ju and AJ Spencer
  • Oral health status and behaviours of Indigenous Australian children / KF Roberts-Thomson, K. Kapellas, DH Ha, LM Jamieson, P. Arrow and LG Do
  • Trends in child oral health in Australia / LG Do, L. Luzzi, DH Ha, KF Roberts-Thomson, S. Chrisopoulos, JM Armfield and AJ Spencer
  • Interpretation of findings and a way forward to improving oral health and dental care / AJ Spencer and LG Do.