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22 November 1999

1041  MR McCLELLAND: To ask the Minister for Health and Aged Care—

(1) Has the Government, o r any person on behalf of the Government, conducted research into the health effects of poor dental health.

(2) Does poor dental health have direct links to negative outcomes for pregnancy, birth weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

(3) Does poor dental health also impact directly on primary health care, pharmaceutical, work force and social political issues.

(4) Has research been undertaken as to the preventitive value of regular access to dental care where regular review of a patient’s teeth by the dentist contributes to positive primary health care outcomes.

(5) Do those positive health outcomes have positive economic outcomes; if so what are those positive economic outcomes.