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Collaboration leads to culturally safe oral health care

TAFE SA dental hygiene students talk to a resident at Kanggawoldi

Posted on Sep 11 2024 by Rhiannon Koch

A new collaborative project has highlighted the importance of accessible and culturally safe health care for First Nations people.

Mouth to mouth tactic may stop dental decay

Posted on Feb 20 2024 by Jessica Stanley

�Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide researchers are exploring if a unique transplant which involves moving good bacteria from one person’s mouth to another – possibly through a special toothpaste - could be the answer to improving dental health.

Children’s oral health under the microscope

Posted on Dec 15 2022 by Lee Gaskin

Researchers from the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide will conduct a wide-ranging nationwide study on the extent and causes of tooth decay in �Ӱ�ֱ��n children and the mental health, education and financial impacts that it has.

Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation

Posted on Sep 14 2022 by Lee Gaskin

�Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide titleholder and alum Dr Trudy Lin says she is incredibly humbled and honoured to be invited to pay her respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

Study reveals Indigenous �Ӱ�ֱ��ns at higher risk of HPV throat cancers

Professor Lisa Jamieson smiles into the camera.

Posted on Jun 1 2022 by Lee Gaskin

Researchers from the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide have found that throat cancers caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease, are 15 times more prevalent in Indigenous �Ӱ�ֱ��ns than young non-Indigenous �Ӱ�ֱ��ns, and five times the prevalence reported in a systematic review involving the US, Brazil, Mexico and Finland.

One in three �Ӱ�ֱ��n adults has untreated tooth decay

Almost one quarter of adults rated their oral health as fair or poor, and one in five adults experienced toothache.

Posted on Dec 9 2019 by Elisa Black

A third of �Ӱ�ֱ��n adults aged 15 years or more has untreated tooth decay, results of a national oral health study led by the �Ӱ�ֱ��n Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) at the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide show.