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Mouth to mouth tactic may stop dental decay

Photo of woman at the dentist

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog 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.

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Children’s oral health under the microscope

National Child Oral Health Study

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

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Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation

Dr Trudy Lin

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog 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.

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Health experts recognised for research impact

Professor Helen Marshall and Dr Trudy Lin

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Professor Helen Marshall and Dr Trudy Lin have been recognised as South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s 2022 ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn of the Year and Young ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn of the Year respectively.

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Something to smile about: 10-year milestone of the Community Outreach Dental Program

Something to smile about: 10-year milestone of the Community Outreach Dental Program

This September, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and its Adelaide Dental School are proud to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Community Outreach Dental Program. Based at the Common Ground complex at Light Square, the program provides dental services to some of South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s most vulnerable individuals and communities. 

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The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and eviDent Foundation form new collaboration to lead innovative oral health research

AHMS building

The new research collaboration between the eviDent Foundation and the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide will facilitate dental and cross-disciplinary innovative research that can be quickly translated and put into practice to benefit the community.

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One in three ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn 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.

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

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