Item 1159
Title: | The role of location in indigenous and non-indigenous child oral health | ||
Country: | Australia | Kind: | Article |
Author(s): | Armfield JM, Jamieson LM, Roberts-Thomson KF | Year: | 2006 |
Journal: | J Public Health Dent 66(2): 123-30 | ||
Publisher: | Location: | Adelaide, South Australia 5005 | |
Tags: | Children, Dental Caries, Indigenous, Location | ||
Description: | |||
OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of location in Indigenous and non-indigenous child oral health in three Australian states and territories. The association of Indigenous status and residential location with caries prevalence, severity and unmet treatment need was examined. METHODS: Data were collected as part of a national monitoring survey of 4-14-year-old children enrolled in school dental services in New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia. RESULTS: Of the 326,099 children examined, 10,473 (3.2%) were Indigenous. Fewer 4-10-year-old rural Indigenous children were caries-free in the deciduous dentition than their non-indigenous counterparts and rural Indigenous children had almost twice the mean number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) of rural non-indigenous children. The % d/dmft was higher among rural Indigenous children than rural nonIndigenous children. Fewer 6-14-year-old rural Indigenous children were caries-free in the permanent dentition than their non-indigenous counterparts and rural Indigenous children had almost twice the mean DMFT of rural non-Indigenous children. The % D/DMFT was higher in rural Indigenous than rural non-indigenous children. Living in a rural location was the strongest indicator of caries prevalence; severity and unmet treatment need in the deciduous dentition of Indigenous 4-10-year-olds while being socially disadvantaged was the strongest indicator of poor oral health outcomes among older Indigenous and all non-Indigenous children. CONCLUSIONS: Living in a rural location exhibited the strongest association with poor oral health outcomes for young Indigenous children but was also associated with poorer oral health among older Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. |
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Reference (Biomedical Style): | |||
Armfield JM, Jamieson LM, Roberts-Thomson KF. The role of location in indigenous and non-indigenous child oral health. J Public Health Dent. 2006;66(2):123-30. |