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Table 6 Dental treatments completed at appointments [n (%)] categorised by specialist dental clinic and overall for the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (RDHM) in Melbourne, Victoria and Special Needs Unit (SNU) in Adelaide, South Australia

From: Utilisation of dental services for people with special health care needs in Australia

 

Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne

Special Needs Unit, Adelaide

ISND

Dom

Total RDHM

ADH

TQEH

Other

Total SNU

Diagnostic

186 (49.5)

89 (45.4)

275 (48.1)

393 (57.0)

60 (34.5)

32 (68.1)

485 (53.3)

Periodontics

73 (19.4)

17 (8.7)

90 (15.7)

101 (14.7)

7 (4.0)

26 (55.3)

134 (14.7)

Restorative

69 (18.4)

12 (6.1)

81 (14.1)

138 (20.0)

44 (25.3)

8 (17.0)

190 (20.9)

Endodontics

7 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

7 (1.2)

9 (1.3)

18 (10.3)

0 (0.0)

27 (3.0)

Oral surgery

33 (8.8)

27 (13.8)

60 (10.5)

10 (1.5)

16 (9.2)

0 (0.0)

26 (2.9)

Other

39 (10.4)

54 (27.6)

93 (16.3)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.3)

FTA

63 (14.4)

40 (16.7)

103 (15.3)

304 (33.6)

19 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

323 (26.2)

  1. ISND Integrated Special Needs Department and Day Surgery Unit, Dom Domiciliary service, RDHM Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, ADH Adelaide Dental Hospital, TQEH The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Other Highgate Park and Modbury GP Plus Superclinic, SNU Special Needs Unit, FTA Failed to attend appointment