AIHW has released a new report titled "Oral health impacts among children by dental visiting and treatment needs". The main findings of this report are:

Only a minority of Australian children (<12%) regularly experienced toothache or the need to avoid eating certain foods because of problems with their teeth or mouth.

* More than 90% of parents considered their child’s oral health to be good, very good or excellent. * Oral health impacts varied by children’s age, sex and state of residence. * Children with more oral health impacts were more likely to visit the dentist regularly. * Reduced dental visiting was associated with poorer oral health. * Greater treatment need was strongly associated with more oral health impacts.

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