News: oral health
Collaboration leads to culturally safe oral health care
A new collaborative project has highlighted the importance of accessible and culturally safe health care for First Nations people.
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Mouth to mouth tactic may stop dental decay
×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
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
×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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Study reveals Indigenous ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns at higher risk of HPV throat cancers
Researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog 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 ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns than young non-Indigenous ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns, and five times the prevalence reported in a systematic review involving the US, Brazil, Mexico and Finland.
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One in three ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn adults has untreated tooth decay
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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