Dental Health Services Victoria

Current research projects are detailed below.
For information about past projects, see our Completed research projects page.

• Socio-demographic profile of users of public oral health care services in Victoria
• Splash Project: Social and health inequalities arising from environmental changes to drinking water
• VicGeneration

Socio-demographic profile of users of public oral health care services in Victoria

Aims:

• Investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of users of public oral health care services in Victoria (DHSV and agencies oral health care services).
• Determine whether any differences exist in the profile of users and eligible non-users based on data from Centrelink and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on public oral health care beneficiaries.

Splash Project: Social and health inequalities arising from environmental changes to drinking water

Aims:

• Develop an understanding of the choices parents make concerning children’s beverage consumption and the importance of fluoridation and perceived water quality in beverage choice
• Determine the impact of drink choice for children and relate this to obesity risk and oral health of children living in rural communities in Victoria who are currently experiencing severe drought and water fluoridation.

VicGeneration

Aims:

• Examine the environmental, behavioural and biological predictors of early childhood caries in children from the Western corridor of Victoria.

 View Completed research projects.