Ministry of Health publications on oral health.
This short report shows the oral health of people in advanced age, using findings from the Life and Living in Advanced Age Cohort Study (LiLACS NZ).
Oral health publications
Publications
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Published 10 January 2011This guide provides an overview of topics that are of particular relevance to providing oral health care for older people. With a greater knowledge of these areas, caregivers will be able to provide excellent assistance for people in their care. -
Published 10 January 2011This training curriculum and Guide is prepared for New Zealand Well Child/Tamariki Ora providers. The Guide aims to reduce oral health inequality by offering Well Child service providers information and understanding to provide early anticipatory guidance about the prevention of early childhood caries. -
Published 02 December 2010The 2009 New Zealand Oral Health Survey is the first nationwide survey to collect information on the oral health status of New Zealand adults and children in over 20 years. This report presents key clinical and self-reported findings from the survey, focusing on oral health status, protective factors and service utilisation among the New Zealand population. -
Published 02 November 2009The "Guidelines for the Use of Fluorides" provide an evidence-based summary of current New Zealand and overseas evidence to inform best practice in the use of fluoride. -
Published 02 February 2008This toolkit is a practical guide for the design, delivery and evaluation of programmes that promote oral health. It work through the steps involved in developing a comprehensive oral health promotion programme, from understanding the strategic context through to researching and selecting interventions, analysing resources, planning implementation and utlimately, evaluating the final programme.
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Published 02 August 2006New Zealand has reached a turning point for oral health. Several decades of dramatic improvements in the oral health of young people have begun to reverse. Inequalities in oral health and in access to oral health services have become increasingly evident, with Māori, Pacific, rural and low socioeconomic populations all showing progressively poorer oral health relative to other groups.