Projects
010 – Children’s dental program: Expanded scope
- Chief Investigator: Prof Mike Morgan
- Associate Investigators: Dr Sajeev Koshy, Dr Samantha Lew and Dr Shibu Mathew
- Research Collaborators: Susan McKinlay, Tan Nguyen
- Support: Peninsula Health and Plenty Valley Community Health
About
The targeted school-based dental check program (project 005) found that a high proportion of children have never had a dental check-up, and 74% of referred children attended their follow-up dental appointments.
Aims
- Monitor current child dental attendance patterns
- Increase dental access for low-income families
- Affirm the hypothesis school dental check-ups retains high-needs child patients
- Assess the impact of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule in private dental practice
- Conduct an economic evaluation of the Children’s Dental Program
Expected outcomes
The project is expected to inform policymakers of the potential benefits of school dental check-ups at a national level.
