Burden and impact of oral disease

Oral health has traditionally been described in terms of clinical measures, e.g. teeth with experience of disease. This research area will extend the capacity to measure oral health/disease experience through measures of oral quality of life/well being and how states or oral health/disease impact on daily living, for instance disability adjusted life years. Such research has become crucial to identifying priority areas in national health agendas. Oral health related quality of life measures are also central to research examining social inequalities and their social determinants.

Burden of Oral Disease (ADRF; AU Small Grant)

An investigation of the type of dental problems treated by dentists and the impact that those dental problems have on patients.

Monitoring population periodontal disease in health interview surveys

Professor Slade serves on an expert panel convened by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop methods for monitoring periodontal health in the US population through the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. CDC has contracted ARCPOH to evaluate validity of six telephone interview questions through the 2004/05 National Survey of Adult Oral Health.

Validation of a Vietnamese version of the OHIP (ADRF)

A development and validation of a Vietnamese translated version of the OHIP

Burden of oral diseases and disorders in Australia (University of Adelaide Scholarship)

This project aims to determine the burden of oral diseases and disorders for the Australian population, paying particular attention to the quantification of both the mortality and the morbidity components of oral health with the use of revised methodologies for the estimation of prevalence, incidence, duration and disability weights for each of the oral and dental conditions.

Nutritional intake and dentition status (ADRF)

This project aims to compare the dietary intake of specific nutrients of people with varying numbers of natural teeth and whether chewing ability mediates the relationship between dentition status and nutrient intake.

The impact of dental services on quality of life (Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship)

This study aims to find what dental services improve health related quality of life. The study will utilise the National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH) Tasmanian component, and a questionnaire after 12 months.

Monitoring population periodontal disease in health interview surveys