Measuring the impact of oral problems on the quality of life among adults.

Information about the dental health of children throughout Great Britain is widely available and robust. In contrast, data about adults and about the impact on the quality of life of oral problems is less well covered. The decennial surveys of adult dental health are useful but much of the information cannot be analysed below large regional level and the rest only by synthesis.
This has resulted in shortfalls of information to assist with planning local services within PCTs and a number of steps have been taken during 2006 /07 to explore a variety of methods of collecting relevant data about adult dental health, impact on quality of life and service use. Download the survey report.