Relationships between dental personnel and non-dental primary health care providers in rural and remote Queensland, Australia: dental perspectives

Table 1 Characteristics of the communities

Town	Population	Nearest dental surgery (km)	Visiting dental service	ASGC RA^a
1	<500	248	Public dentist once every 3 months; school dental van sporadic visits	RA5
2	>2000	88	Q Coal/RFDS mobile dental service twice yearly	RA4
3	<1000	87	Private dentist once a month	RA4
4	<1000	179	Public dentist once a year, Q Coal/RFDS once yearly	RA5
5	<1000	210	Private and public dentist visits once every 3 months; Mobile Aboriginal dental van once a year; school dental van sporadic visits	RA5
6	>1500	214	Private dentist once a month for 3 days; school dental van sporadic visits, Q Coal/RFDS mobile dental service twice yearly	RA4
7	<2000	200	Private dentist visits once a month; school dental van sporadic visits	RA5
8	<3000	196	Public dentist visits once a month and mobile aboriginal van once a year	RA4

^aAustralian Standard Geographical Classification- Remoteness Area (ASGR-RA). The categories used for this study were: ASGC-RA 3 (outer regional Australia), RA4 (Remote Australia) and RA5 (very remote Australia) [38]

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