The aim of the survey was to provide accurate and up-to-date information on the dental health of the Scottish prison population.
The fieldwork was carried out in April/May 2002. The Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee carried out data cleaning & statistical analysis.
This site has detailed incidence and mortality data, lifetime risk, prevalence and survival statistics. It is organised into a variety of groupings:
The 1995, 1998 and 2003 Scottish Health Surveys (SHeS) included similar questions about the number of natural teeth people have, their brushing frequency, whether they use fluoride toothpaste and the frequency of their dental check-ups. In 2008 a wider set of questions were introduced to better meet the Scottish Government’s information needs in relation to adult dental health.
View the 2008 SHeS Dental Data
After 2008 a continuous SHeS is running until 2015.
The 1998 Adult Dental Health Survey was commissioned by the four UK Health Departments. It is the fourth in a series of national dental surveys that have been carried out every ten years since 1968.
Further information is available here
The 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey (ADHS) is the fifth in a series of national dental surveys that have been carried out every decade since 1968. Scotland did not participate in the 2009 survey. A summary and further details are available from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) website
This webpage from Cancer Research UK brinks together oral cancer statistics for the UK
The National Dental Inspection Programme was set up in 2002 following a review of existing schemes.
Its aims are:-
The 2003 inspection was the first and pilot year of the new NDIP Programme and concerned only Primary I children.
The inspection programme has two levels; a Basic Inspection (which all children in Primary I received) and a Detailed Inspection (for a representative sample of this group).
More information about the NDIP programme including all the NDIP reports and online training for NDIP inspectors and scribes is available on the NDIP website.
