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Australian Dental Journal
December 2006 - Volume 51 Number 4REVIEWADRF RESEARCH REPORTAn analysis of complaints against Victorian dental care providers 2000–2004 There are little data available on the number and type of complaints made against dental care providers in Australia, despite anecdotal reports of an increasing trend in health-related complaints and litigation. Data were obtained from the Dental Practice Board of Victoria on complaints received between July 2000 and December 2004.
| M Hopcraft D Sanduja |
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLESCASE REPORTOrthodontic and prosthetic rehabilitation of unilateral free-end edentulous space Most patients prefer fixed dentures, even in the presence of uni and bilateral free-end saddle. The most suitable treatment for this is an implant or implant-supported prosthetic restoration. A combined prosthetic and orthodontic treatment with distalization of a posterior tooth towards the edentulous region is an alternative approach. This study involved a 34.3 year old female patient who had a free-end edentulous space on the left mandibula and missing 1st and 3rd molars on the right mandibula.
| SG Arslan IH Tacir JD Kama |
DATA WATCHOral health and access to dental care in Australia – comparisons by level of education It is well established that certain groups within the Australian population have poorer oral health and are disadvantaged in respect to access to regular preventive dental care. The purpose of this study was to investigate variations in oral health status by level of education, and determine whether people with lower education levels experience disadvantage in respect to access to dental services.
| Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health |
EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRYCustom-made mouthguards protect football players A group randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted. Intervention Australian-rules football teams were randomly assigned to the test group (MG, custom-made mouthguards) or control group (usual mouthguard behaviour).
| R Jagger |
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