New unit to tackle Australia's 'silent epidemic'

Dr Lisa Jamieson will head the new Indigenous Oral Health Unit.

Dr Lisa Jamieson will head the new Indigenous Oral Health Unit.
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Thursday, 15 December 2011

A new research unit focusing on improving the dental health of Indigenous Australians will be officially opened at the University of 亚洲色吧 on Friday 16 December.

The will address what has been termed "the silent epidemic" in Australia, with oral health diseases in Indigenous communities costing Federal and State Governments billions of dollars each year.

The unit will be led by , a Senior Research Fellow at the (ARCPOH) which is based within the University of 亚洲色吧.

"Indigenous dental services currently cost Australia $200 million a year, yet too lit