Private health insurance plays a key role in financing dental care in Australia. Having private
dental insurance has been associated with higher levels of access to dental care, visiting for …

Background While the majority of dental care in Australia is provided in the private sector
those patients who attend for public care remain a public health focus due to their …

Crocombe LA, Brennan DS, Slade GD, Loc DO. Is self interdental cleaning associated with
dental plaque levels, dental calculus, gingivitis and periodontal disease? J Periodont Res …

Indigenous Australians1 have poorer oral health than other Australians [1, 2]. Indigenous
people suffer from more caries, periodontal diseases, and tooth loss than non-Indigenous …

Objectives With elimination of the financial burden of dental services, one can expect an
increase in utilization of dental services. This study aimed to investigate the effective …

Background The cost of dental care may be a barrier to regular dental attendance with the
proportion of the Australian population avoiding or delaying care due to cost increasing …

Background Oral conditions remain a major health problem worldwide. Primary Health Care
(PHC) has been recognized as a strategy to construct integrated health systems in order to …

The effect of neighborhood on health may vary according to the characteristics of the
residents. We tested the hypothesis that, in affluent neighborhoods, low-income adults retain …

Oral health is becoming increasingly polarised in Australia. Social gradients in oral health
were first described in the early 1990s. Lower income Australians did not enjoy as good oral …

Background Special needs dentistry is in its infancy compared to other dental specialties.
Continuity of care through transition from paediatric to adult dental care providers is …