Programs and projects

This section provides details and links for programs and projects that address the oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are collected here.

Title	Reach	Focus
A case-control study of periodontal disease and risk factors among an urban Indigenous population	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal dental program	SA	Indigenous
Aboriginal liaison project	SA	Indigenous
Associations between periodontal disease and cardiovascular surrogate endpoints among Indigenous adults	SA	Indigenous
Baby talk teeth: reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic dental disease among Indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention	SA	Indigenous
Brewarrina rural placement dental program	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Bulgarr Ngaru fruit and vegetable program and market garden	NSW	Indigenous
Clean teeth, wicked smiles	NSW	Indigenous
Crocodile smiles 2	QLD	Indigenous
Deadly teeth	VIC	Indigenous
Filling the gap	QLD	Indigenous
Footprints in time: the longitudinal survey of Indigenous children	National	Indigenous
From little things, good teeth grow	NT	Indigenous
Genetic and environmental determinants related to recurrent, low grade disease in Aboriginal children	QLD	Indigenous
Happy teeth program	QLD	Mainstream
Healthy smiles: oral health and fluoride varnish information for health professionals	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Indigie grins	VIC	Indigenous
Koori kids Koori smiles oral health program	NSW	Indigenous
Orange Aboriginal Medical Service oral health program	NSW	Indigenous
Randomised control trial of effectiveness of silver fluoride on managing deciduous caries in remote Aboriginal communities	SA	Indigenous
Regional oral health promotion program	NSW	Indigenous
Shake a leg	NSW	Indigenous
Smiles 4 miles	VIC	Mainstream
Stayin' strong	QLD	Indigenous
Strong smiles program	NSW	Indigenous
Strong teeth for little kids: a community-randomised controlled trial of fluoride varnish application to children’s teeth and health promotion to prevent dental decay in Aboriginal pre-school children	NT	Indigenous
Teeth talk: an oral health literacy intervention among Port Augusta Aboriginal adults to better improve the knowledge and use of dental services	SA	Indigenous
The outback oral treatment and health (TOOTH) dental program	NSW	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Tiddalick takes on teeth	NSW	Indigenous
Tooth mob dental volunteer program	NT	Indigenous
Top tips for teeth	VIC	Indigenous