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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Indigenous child oral health at a regional and state level |
Author: | Jamieson, L. Parker, E. Armfield, J. |
Citation: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2007; 43(3):117-121 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Asia |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 1034-4810 1440-1754 |
Organisation: | Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health |
Statement of Responsibility: | Lisa M Jamieson, Eleanor J Parker, Jason M Armfield |
Abstract: | Aim: To compare the dental disease experience of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in South Australia’s mid-north region (regional area) and to assess Indigenous oral health differences at a regional- and state-level. Methods: Data were collected from a School Dental Service based in an Aboriginal-owned medical health service and standard school dental clinics in the regional area from March 2001 to March 2006. State-level data were obtained over a 12-month period in 2003. Caries prevalence (per cent dmft or DMFT >0) and severity (mean dmft or DMFT, SiC and SiC10) measures were used to assess dental disease experience. Results: In the regional area, Indigenous children aged <10 years had 1.6, 1.9, 1.6 and 1.4 times the percent dmft >0, mean dmft, SiC primary and SiC10 primary, respectively, of their non-Indigenous counterparts, while Indigenous children aged 6+ years had 1.3, 1.7, 1.7 and 1.6 times the percent DMFT > 0, mean DMFT, SiC permanent and SiC10 permanent, respectively, of non-Indigenous children. Indigenous children in the regional area had significantly higher caries prevalence and severity than Indigenous children at a state-level. Conclusion: Indigenous children in South Australia’s mid-north region are dentally disadvantaged in comparison with their non-Indigenous counterparts and with the general South Australian Indigenous child population. |
Keywords: | caries prevalence caries severity children location indigenous |
Description: | The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01029.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01029.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health publications |
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