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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Provision of orthodontic care to adolescents in South Australia: the type, the provider and the place of treatment |
Author: | Allister, J. Spencer, A. Brennan, D. |
Citation: | Australian Dental Journal, 1996; 41(6):405-410 |
Publisher: | AUSTRALIAN DENTAL ASSN INC |
Issue Date: | 1996 |
ISSN: | 0045-0421 1834-7819 |
Abstract: | There are many pathways involving different providers and locations that individuals may take in obtaining, orthodontic services. The aim of this study was to document the provision of orthodontic services and establish the pathways taken toward fixed orthodontic treatment by adolescents in South Australia. Data were collected on the use of orthodontic services by a cohort of adolescents enrolled in the School Dental Service at age 13 years and again at age 15 years. By age 15 years, 83.2 per cent of the adolescents had received orthodontic consultations, 27.3 per cent had received fixed orthodontic treatment and 41.4 per cent had received other forms of orthodontic treatment (extractions, space retainers or removable appliances). The majority of fixed orthodontic treatment was supplied by orthodontists in the private sector, while extractions and removable appliances were provided mainly by public sector general dentists. Most individuals used services in both the public and private sectors and the most frequent pathway taken by the adolescents receiving fixed orthodontic treatment involved consultation in both the public and private sectors, non-fixed orthodontic treatment in the public sector and fixed orthodontic treatment in the private sector. The findings indicate wide access to orthodontic consultation and a high uptake of fixed orthodontic treatment once the adolescent sought private sector orthodontic consultation. Orthodontic care was seen to be an interactive process between public sector general dentists and private sector orthodontists. |
Keywords: | Humans Serial Extraction Cohort Studies Longitudinal Studies Follow-Up Studies Orthodontics Orthodontic Appliances, Removable Orthodontic Retainers Orthodontics, Corrective Interprofessional Relations General Practice, Dental Public Sector Schools, Dental Adolescent Private Practice Referral and Consultation Health Services Accessibility South Australia Female Male Workforce |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb06027.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb06027.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Dentistry publications |
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