Welsh Oral Health Information Unit
We work with the Wales Dental Epidemiology Co-ordinator to plan and deliver the NHS Dental Survey Programme for Wales.
The Welsh Oral Health Information Unit (WOHIU) works with the Wales Dental Epidemiology Co-ordinator to plan and deliver the NHS Dental Survey Programme for Wales.
The unit provides independent professional advice, quality assurance, data cleaning, data verification, data analysis and a reporting service on behalf of the Welsh Government commissioned via Public Health Wales.
The WOHIU and the Wales Dental Epidemiology Co-ordinator work with the Community Dental Services and the Welsh Government (through the Office of the Chief Dental Officer and the Health Statistics and Analysis Unit in the Statistics Directorate) to deliver the surveys.
This integrated team approach has ensured that the highest quality assurance standards have been achieved within the childhood epidemiology programme.
Annual Designed to Smile monitoring reports
18-25 year olds
- Welsh Dental Survey of 18-25 year olds (2020) (PDF)
- Welsh Dental Survey of 18-25 year olds (2019) (PDF)
Local Health Board oral health profiles 2014
We prepared profiles for the oral health data for children aged approximately 5 years old (school year 1) at each Local Health Board in Wales. We compared results from surveys completed in 2007/2008 and 2011/2012.
- Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (PDF)
- Aneurin Bevan Health Board (PDF)
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (PDF)
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (PDF)
- Cwm Taf Health Board (PDF)
- Hywel Dda Health Board (PDF)
- Powys Teaching Health Board (PDF)
Wales Care Home Dental Survey
The 2010-2011 survey of care home residents in Wales followed on from the 2006-2007 survey of care home managers by examining a sample of residents to obtain data on prevalence of dental diseases, the types of interventions they could benefit from and the difficulties in delivering the dental care required.
It was designed to be a supplementary survey to the national Adult Dental Health Survey (ADHS) 2009 and wherever possible used the same methodological criteria.
The report is intended to support local health boards in Wales to use information from the survey to plan dental service provision.
First Release Report - April 2012
- Care Home Survey 2010-2011 (PDF)
- Survey Protocol (PDF)
Local Health Board oral health profiles 2012
These oral health profiles provide an overview of oral health for the seven local health boards across Wales. They include information on trends in oral disease, dental caries in 5 and 12 year olds, inequalities in children's oral health, Designed to Smile, oral health in adults and current service use in relation to need.
- Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (PDF)
- Aneurin Bevan Health Board (PDF)
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (PDF)
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (PDF)
- Cwm Taf Health Board (PDF)
- Hywel Dda Health Board (PDF)
- Powys Teaching Health Board (PDF)
Annual Reports for childhood oral epidemiology programme
Survey of twelve year olds oral health 2016-17
- Full Report (PDF)
- Protocol (PDF)
- Data report (Xls)
Survey of five year olds oral health 2015-16
- Full Report (Word)
- Protocol (PDF)
- Data Report (Xls)
Survey of five year olds oral health 2014-15
- Full Report (PDF)
- Protocol (Word)
- Data Report (Xls)
Survey of three year olds oral health 2013-14
Dental epidemiological survey of 3 year olds in Wales 2013-14 (PDF)
Survey of twelve year olds oral health 2012-13
- Full Report (PDF)
- Protocol (Word)
- Data Report (Xls)
Survey of five year olds oral health 2011-12
- Data report (Xls)
- Written summary report (PDF)
- Protocol (Word)
Survey of twelve year olds oral health 2008-09
- Full Report (PDF)
- Protocol (Word)
- Progress Report (Word)
Survey of five year olds oral health 2007-08
- Data Report (Xls)
- Written Report (Word)
- Survey Protocol (Word)
Survey of five year olds oral health 2005-06
- Full Report (Word)
- Summary (Xls)
- Survey Protocol (Word)
Survey of rising twelve year olds oral health 2004-05
- Full Report (Word)
- Summary (Xls)
- Survey Protocol (Word)
Survey of five year olds oral health 2003-04
- Full Report (Word)
- Summary (Xls)
- Survey Protocol (Word)
Ensuring a quality assured epidemology programme
- Improving the quality of dental data, 2002 (PowerPoint)
- An integrated team approach to improve dental data quality, 2005 (PowerPoint)