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Modern dentistry aims to avoid dental fillings by preventing dental disease.
Follow the links below to find information on dental health.
Updated February 2009
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Oral health
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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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Oral health among Indigenous Australians. Guidelines, health promotion resources, journal articles, reports and publications, theses, bibliography and organisations.
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Nov 2009
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Media release. Minister consults on dental reform
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, visited The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne to discuss recommendations from the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission with dental health professionals.
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Sep 2009
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Media release. Training dentists in Wagga Wagga
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Construction is complete and students are enrolled at the new School of Dentistry and Health Science at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga.
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Sep 2009
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Personal hygiene
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Better Health Channel
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Good personal hygiene is one of the most effective ways to protect ourselves, and others, from illness. This means washing your hands, especially, but also your body. Good habits can help control body odour and bad breath.
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Jun 2009
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Dental & allied health
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Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Information about DVA arrangments for dentists and allied health professionals who treat eligible veterans
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Jun 2009
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Dental notes: Pharmacogenetics of warfarin
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Australian Prescriber
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Pharmacogenetics is genetic testing to optimise prescribing for individual patients. Warfarin is a potential candidate for pharmacogenetic testing as it is commonly used, has a narrow therapeutic window and its mechanism of action and elimination pathways involve receptors and enzymes that are polymorphic.
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Jun 2009
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Prescribing good oral hygiene for adults
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Australian Prescriber
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Good oral hygiene is necessary to maintain a healthy mouth. This involves effective, mechanical removal of bacterial plaque from the teeth and from between the teeth every day.
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Jun 2009
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Relative needs index study, South Australia and New South Wales
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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The demand for public dental services exceeds the capacity of available resources. Services are therefore rationed by categorising them into those seeking emergency or general dental care and then, most commonly, by chronological queuing.
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Jun 2009
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Caring for oral health in Australian residential care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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As the Australian population ages and more older Australians retain their natural teeth, more people living in residential aged care are developing complex oral disease and dental problems. This report shows that carers play a crucial role in helping maintain the oral health of older adults in residential aged care.
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May 2009
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Teeth - quiz
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Better Health Channel
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Think you know about your teeth? Try our health quiz to test your oral health knowledge. Is fruit juice bad for teeth and is fluoride good? The answers are here.
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Mar 2009
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Teeth (easy read)
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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What are teeth? The part you can see is called the crown. It has roots to hold it in your gum. Teeth bite and chew food.
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Mar 2009
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Oral health of health cardholders attending for dental care in the private and public sectors
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Health cardholders who visit a public dentist have a similar level of oral health and receive similar dental care as those who visit a private dentist. This publication presents findings on health cardholders attending for dental care in the private and public sector using data from the National Survey of Adult Oral Health 2004-06.
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Jan 2009
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Oral health of adults in the public dental sector
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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This report presents findings from adult patients receiving public dental care. Findings are presented on tooth loss, dental caries and periodontal disease, and comparisons are made between public dental patients and the Australian population using data from the National Survey of Adult Oral Health 2004-06.
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Dec 2008
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New guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis
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Australian Prescriber
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Therapeutic Guidelines has revised the guidelines for the use of antibiotics for prophylaxis against infective endocarditis. The major change is that antibiotic prophylaxis is no longer indicated in patients with aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, or symptomatic or asymptomatic mitral valve prolapse.
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Dec 2008
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Preventing infections of the heart
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National Prescribing Service
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This leaflet is about preventing an infection of the heart in people with heart conditions. The infection is called infective endocarditis (en-DOH-car-DI-tis). It explains how antibiotics can be used, how advice about using antibiotics has recently changed, and why keeping your mouth healthy is very important.
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Nov 2008
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Dental practice activity by geographic location
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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This research report provides information on the practice activity of dentists in Australia in relation to their geographic location.
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Nov 2008
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