New Australian study - Oral health impacts among children
AIHW has released a new report titled “Oral health impacts among children by dental visiting and treatment needs”. The main findings of this report are:
Only a minority of Australian children (<12%) regularly experienced toothache or the need to avoid eating certain foods because of problems with their teeth or mouth.
* More than 90% of parents considered their child’s oral health to be good, very good or excellent.
* Oral health impacts varied by children’s age, sex and state of residence.
* Children with more oral health impacts were more likely to visit the dentist regularly.
* Reduced dental visiting was associated with poorer oral health.
* Greater treatment need was strongly associated with more oral health impacts.
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