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These reports, released 7th August 2008, present findings from
the 2004-06 National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH). Information was
collected using interviews and standardised dental examinations that were
conducted among a sample of residents aged 15 years or more.
DSRU research report series No 33-37, released 7th August 2008.
Professor Gary Slade, the Co-Director
of ARCPOH, has been awarded the H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award. The award
is given for distinguished accomplishments in research and development in
the fields of behavioural science, epidemiology, and public health. It is
one of the IADR's Distinguished Scientist Awards, is supported by the Colgate-Palmolive
Company in memory of H. Trendley Dean, a former president of the IADR and
the first dental officer of the National Institute of Health. (for
more information (pdf 2MB))
“Australia’s
dental generations: The National Survey of Adult Oral Health 2004–06”,
has been launched by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing,
the Hon.
Tony Abbott, at the 32nd Australian
Dental Congress in Sydney. The report demonstrates
how historical influences on oral health through the 20th century have created
four distinct “dental
generations” that now constitute the Australian adult population.
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