Dental Services in the Katherine Region, Northern Territory: An Outback Experience

From Volume 29, Issue 7, September 2002 | Pages 348-351

Authors

David Waring

BChD, MDSc, MFDS RCS (Eng), MOrth RCS (Ed), FDS (Orth) RCS(Ed)

Specialist Registrar in Orthodontics, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, University Dental Hospital of Manchester.

Articles by David Waring

Catherine Watts

BChD, MFDS RCS

Senior Dental Officer, Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, University Dental Hospital of Manchester.

Articles by Catherine Watts

Abstract

Dental practice in the Northern Territory of Australia has to overcome a number of logistical problems related to the vast area and the low population density. The population is largely of Aboriginal origin and has significant medical problems including problems relating to dentistry. This article describes the present system for provision of dental care in this area, along with the authors' experience of a scheme involving co-ordinated care trials aimed at improving the health of the population.

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