National Oral Health Survey

The dental hygiene habits, oral health and overall wellbeing of Australians will be captured in the second decennial National Adult Oral Health Survey, which will be undertaken by the University of Adelaide’s Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH).

The draft National Oral Health Plan 2015-2024 calls for an adult and child oral health survey to be conducted every 10 years to assess the condition of Australians’ oral health, and inform dental policy makers, professional bodies and the public.

ARCPOH's Director Professor Marco Peres said that about “15,000 people will be interviewed in order to gather information on socioeconomic status, dental and health service use, oral health behaviours, and other determinants of oral health”.

Oral health is directly linked to general health and wellbeing, and his team is eager to commence this important national survey, he added.