Further Enquiries

Oral Health Promotion Clearinghouse
Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health
School of Dentistry
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA

Email: ohpch@adelaide.edu.au

Telephone: +61 8 8313 4045

Fax: +61 8 8313 4858

ORAL HEALTH OF LOW INCOME AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE

Dental Health Services Victoria

Dental health Services Victoria has a number of resources that have been translated into different languages for use with people from multicultural backgrounds and also migrant populations such as refugees. They can be accessed here.

NSW Government Health Service

The NSW government's refugee health service has some resources on working with refugees in general and also two fact sheets specific to oral health - One for community workers and another for dental professionals.

Other Information

Sanders AE, Spencer AJ. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2004 Apr;28(2):159-66. Social inequality in perceived oral health among adults in Australia. View abstract on PubMed

Sanders AE, Spencer AJ. Aust Dent J. 2005 Sep;50(3):161-7. Why do poor adults rate their oral health poorly? View abstract on PubMed