Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Sections
  • Introduction
  • Description of survey methods
    • Source of subjects
    • Sampling
    • Data items
    • Data analysis and weighting of data
    • Adjustments for the under-reporting of decay in New South Wales
  • Description of national findings
  • Number in sample and estimated resident population
    • Deciduous teeth
    • Permanent teeth
    • All teeth
    • Fissure sealants
    • Immediate treatment needs
    • Interstate comparison - 5 to 6-year-old dmft
    • Interstate comparison - 12-year-old DMFT
    • Interstate comparison - all teeth
    • National summary
  • Sex differences in children's dental health
    • Sex differences in caries experience of deciduous teeth
    • Sex differences in caries experience of permanent teeth
    • Sex differences in caries experience among states and territories
    • Sex differences in Significant Caries Index (SiC)
    • Sex differences in fissure sealed teeth
    • Sex differences in caries experience between children in metropolitan areas and those in rural and remote areas
    • Sex differences: summary of findings
  • International comparisons
  • End matter
  • References
  • Appendix