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dc.contributor.author | Brennan, D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts-Thomson, K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Spencer, A. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Australian Dental Journal, 2007; 52(4):322-328 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0045-0421 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1834-7819 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/43347 | - |
dc.description | The definitive version can be found at www.blackwell-synergy.com | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Indigenous Australians have been reported in a range of studies to have worse health than non-Indigenous Australians. Among health care card holders, a financially disadvantaged group eligible for public-funded dental care, oral health may also be worse among Indigenous persons. The aims of this study were to examine the oral health of Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous adult public dental patients in terms of caries experience and periodontal status, controlling for age and gender of patient, type of care and geographic location. Methods: Patients were sampled randomly by state/territory dental services in 2001–2002. Dentists recorded oral health status at the initial visit of a course of care using written instructions. The samples were weighted in proportion to the numbers of public-funded dental patients for each state/territory. Results: Multivariate logistic regression showed that the presence of periodontal pockets of 6+ mm was higher (P < 0.05) among Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous patients (OR=2.24, 1.34–3.76), after controlling for age and gender of patients, type of care and geographic location. Multivariate negative binomial regression analysis (RR: rate ratio) controlling for age and gender of patients, type of care and geographic location indicated that Indigenous patients had higher numbers of decayed teeth (RR=1.42) and missing teeth (RR=1.44) but lower numbers of filled teeth (RR=0.51) compared to non-Indigenous patients (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the DMFT index, indicating similar cumulative past and present experience of dental caries for Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients. Conclusions: Indigenous adult public dental patients had worse oral health status than non-Indigenous patients, with a higher percentage of Indigenous patients having periodontal pockets 6+ mm, and Indigenous patients having more decayed and missing teeth. Indigenous patients lack both timely and appropriate preventive and treatment services. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | DS Brennan, KF Roberts-Thomson, AJ Spencer | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Australian Dental Assn Inc | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00509.x | - |
dc.subject | Humans | - |
dc.subject | Periodontal Pocket | - |
dc.subject | Tooth Loss | - |
dc.subject | Dental Caries | - |
dc.subject | Epidemiologic Methods | - |
dc.subject | Dental Restoration, Permanent | - |
dc.subject | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject | Adult | - |
dc.subject | Aged | - |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | - |
dc.subject | Population Groups | - |
dc.subject | Oral Health | - |
dc.subject | Australia | - |
dc.subject | Female | - |
dc.subject | Male | - |
dc.title | Oral health of Indigenous adult public dental patients in Australia | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00509.x | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Brennan, D. [0000-0002-7888-0920] | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Roberts-Thomson, K. [0000-0001-7084-5541] | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Spencer, A. [0000-0002-3462-7456] | - |
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