This unit facilitates the students' understanding of the provision of dental health care in Australia, what types of services are provided and how Australians use those services. The topics covered are factors affecting the need and supply of oral health personnel; methods for projecting the need and supply of oral health workforce; Australia's current oral health workforce situation; the legal basis of dental practice; the concepts of need and demand for dental care; and oral health programs. -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Estie Kruger