Rural clinical school dental graduates views on rural and metropolitan employment.

Introduction: There is a maldistribution of dental professionals working in rural and remote regions of Australia. This study investigates dental graduates from a newly established rural clinical school (RCS) at Charles Sturt University (CSU), New South Wales, Australia, and records graduates' workforce locations and views on working in both metropolitan and rural practice.

Materials And Methods: In late 2015 to early 2016, CSU graduates of 2013 and 2014 were asked to complete a telephone interview related to their employment choices.

Oral health and cognitive status in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project: A cross-sectional study in community-dwelling older Australian men.

Background: Several studies have examined the relationship between cognition and oral health in older populations. To further understand this relationship, we examined the associations between cognitive function, chewing capacity and the number of teeth present in community-dwelling older males in Australia.

Methods: Data were obtained from cross-sectional analysis of fourth wave of the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP).

Associations between oral health and depressive symptoms: Findings from the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.

Objective: To investigate whether poorer oral health, tooth loss and lower usage of dental services are associated with depressive symptoms in older Australian men.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of data collected from participants of the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. Depressive symptoms were evaluated by the Geriatric Depression Scale.

The workforce outcomes of dental graduates from a metropolitan school 'Rural Clinical Placement Program' versus a 'Rural Clinical School'.

Introduction: This study compares the workplace decisions from University of Sydney (USYD) dental graduates who participated in a 1-month voluntary Rural Clinical Placement Program (RCPP), USYD graduates who did not participate in the RCPP (non-RCPP), and with graduates who qualified from a dental Rural Clinical School (RCS) at Charles Sturt University (CSU).

Methodology: From mid-2015, USYD students who graduated between 2009 and 2013, and CSU graduates from 2013 to 2014, were requested to complete a telephone interview related to employment choices. For USYD, 135 interviews were completed (63% of contactable graduates) and for CSU, 39 interviews (68%).

Frailty and oral health: Findings from the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.

Objective: To examine whether frailty in older men is associated with poorer oral health and lower levels of dental service utilisation.

Background: Poor oral health has been associated with some frailty components. Less is known about the link between frailty and oral health outcomes.