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United Kingdom Adult Dental Health Survey 2009-2010 - UK Data Service

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Adult Dental Health, 2009 UKDA study number: 6884
Provider 
UK Data Service
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
England, Northern Ireland, Wales
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
10/2009 - 04/2010
Series or system 
United Kingdom Dental Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Exam
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The Adult Dental Health Survey (ADHS) is conducted every ten years. The geographical coverage provides estimates for all of the UK. This year's survey was conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland only. The questionnaires are directed to adults (16 years and older). Follow-up dental exams are conducted by National Health Service dentists in some survey participants' homes. There were approximately 11,380 face-to-face interviews and 6,469 clinical assessments conducted. (Participants with complete tooth loss were excluded from the physical examination.) The main topics covered in the interview are dental experiences, attitudes, knowledge, care, and health practices. The physical examination portion of the survey assesses the conditon of the natural teeth and supporting tissues and the use of prosthetics.

 

Keywords 
Assets, Cardiovascular surgical procedures, Children, Dental care, Dental caries, Dental examinations, Dentists, Dietary sugar, Edentulism, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fluoride, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care prices, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hepatitis, Housing conditions, Income, Injections, Jaundice, Marital status, Occupations, Oral conditions, Oral hygiene, Pain, Periodontal diseases, Personal health expenditures, Private health facilities, Prostheses and implants, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Race, School enrollment, Screening, Tobacco smoking, Training programs, Unemployment, X-rays
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021