Title Oral health of Australian children : the National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 / edited by Loc G. Do and A. John Spencer

Published Adelaide, South Australia : University of Adelaide Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 348 pages) : colour charts 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 Summary 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 as toothbrushing, the use of fluoridated toothpastes and making dental visits Analysis fissure sealant use australian oral health oral hygiene national child oral health survey children's oral health oral health survey water fluoridation nhmrc fluoridated toothpaste ncohs children's dental visit child oral health oral health and social inequality dental fluorosis Notes This study was conducted as a Partnership Project with funding from The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). It was undertaken by researchers at The University of Adelaide and researchers in every state and territory health authority Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) Notes English Print version record Subject National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 Children -- Dental care -- Australia -- Statistics Dental caries in children -- Australia -- Statistics Fluorosis -- Australia -- Statistics Mottled enamel. Dental surveys -- Australia Fluorosis, Dental Dentistry. Medicine. Other branches of medicine. Medical -- Dentistry. Children -- Dental care Dental caries in children Dental surveys Fluorosis Mottled enamel Australia Genre/Form Statistics Form Electronic book Author Do, Loc G., editor Spencer, A. J., editor. National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 University of Adelaide, issuing body National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), sponsoring body. ISBN 9781925261417 1925261417

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