Dental service provision by oral health therapists,dental hygienists and dental therapists in Australia: implications for workforce modelling

Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS (2013): Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure, July 2011. Canberra: ABS.

Australian Dental Association, ADA (2013): The Australian Sched- ule of Dental Services and Glossary 10th edn. St Leonards, NSW: ADA.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, AHPRA (2015): Professions & Divisions. Melbourne: AHPRA. www.ahpra.gov. au/registration/registers-of-practitioners/professions-and-divisions

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, AIHW (2014): Dental workforce 2012. National Health Workforce series no. 7. Cat. no. HWL 53. Canberra: AIHW.

Brennan D.S. Spencer A.J. (2005): The role of dentist, practice and patient factors in the provision of dental services. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 33, 181–195.

Brennan D.S. Spencer A.J. (2006): Practice activity patterns of dentists in Australia. Dental Statistics and Research Series No. 32. Cat. No. DEN 148. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Brennan D.S. Luzzi L. Roberts-Thomson K.F. (2008): Den- tal service patterns among private and public adult patients in Australia. BMC Health Services Research 8, 1.

Brennan D.S. Balasubramanian M. Spencer A.J. (2015): Trends in dental service provision in Australia: 1983-1984 to 2009-2010. International Dental Journal 65, 39-44.

Department of Health, Australian Government (2014): The Child Dental Benefits Schedule. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia 2014. www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/childdental

Duckett S.J. (2005): Health workforce design for the 21st century. Australian Health Review 29, 201-210.

Gagnon D.R. Doron-LaMarca S. Bell M. O’Farrell T.J. Taft C.T. (2008): Poisson regression for modelling count and frequency outcomes in trauma research. Journal of Trauma Stress 21, 448-454.

Gallagher J.E. Kleinman E.R. Harper P.R. (2010): Modelling workforce skill-mix: how can dental professionals meet the needs and demands of older people in England? British Dental Journal 208, E6.

Gallagher J.E. Lim Z. Harper P.R. (2013): Workforce skill mix: modelling the potential for dental therapists in state-funded primary dental care. International Dental Journal 63, 57-64.

Health Workforce Australia, HWA (2014): Australia’s Future Health Workforce – Oral Health – Detailed Report. Canberra: Depart- ment of Health.

Mathew R. Sampson W.J. Spencer A.J. (2005): Orthodontic practices in Australasia: practice activity. Australian Orthodontic Journal 21, 1-10.

Teusner D.N. Amarasena N. Brennan D.S. Satur J. (2015): Employment characteristics and applied scope of practice of oral health therapists, dental hygienists and dental therapists in Australia. Australian Dental Journal, In Press.

Teusner D.N. Chrisopoulos S. Spencer A.J. (2008): Projected demand and supply for dental visits in Australia: analysis of the impact of changes in key inputs. Dental statistics and research series no. 38. Cat. No. DEN 171. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.