Improving oral-health-related quality-of-life for rural Aboriginal communities in Australia utilising a novel mobile denture service

Dear Editor Tooth loss is associated with poorer oral health, compromised diet, nutritional deficiencies and reduced oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL)1. The ‘extent’ of the effect of oral health on quality of life, the mean number of times a participant ranks one of the 14 items as ‘most or all of the time’, was also significantly reduced at follow-up (3.2 v 0.5, p=0.008). Summary scores for oral health related quality of life outcomes Michelle Irving, Neelam Kumar, Anthony Blinkhorn, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney Folau Talbot, Kylie Gwynne, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health 1 Gerritsen AE, Allen PF, Witter DJ, Bronkhorst EM, Creugers NHJ.