Factors associated with dental caries experience and oral health status among New South Wales adolescents.
Conclusions: The oral health of 14- and 15-year-olds in NSW is influenced by social and dietary factors as well as access to fluoridated water supplies. There was also a strong relationship between self-rated oral health status with DMFT and with caries experience. Implications: The findings of this study will assist policy makers by highlighting the current caries risk factors that should be part of future health promotion programs.
PMID: 25169434 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Skinner J, Johnson G, Blinkhorn A, Byun R Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research