Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Purpose of the report
  • 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
    • Administration of the survey
  • Description of national findings
    • Number in sample and Estimated Resident Population
    • Birthplace of children and mothers
    • Indigenous status of children and mothers
    • Deciduous teeth - age-specific caries experience
    • Permanent teeth - age-specific caries experience
    • All teeth - age-specific caries experience
    • Fissure sealants - age-specific experience
    • Immediate treatment needs - age-specific distribution
    • Differences in caries experience by geographic classification
    • Interstate comparison - 5- to 6-year-old dmft
    • Interstate comparison - 12-year-old DMFT
    • Interstate comparison - all teeth age-standardised caries experience
    • National summary
  • National trends
    • Caries experience indices, 1977-1998
    • Children presenting with no caries experience, 1977-1998
  • International comparisons
  • References
  • Appendix A