Abstract
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study is a lifecourse study of health and development in a cohort of children born in Dunedin between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973. The Study members were assessed at birth and ages 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 26, 32, and most recently at age 38, when 95.4% of the surviving Study members participated. The Dunedin Study dataset contains a broad range of health data, including oral health information. The oral health-related research publications of the Dunedin study over the past 40 years have included discussion of the social determinants of health, dental neglect, use of dental services, aetiology of developmental defects of dental enamel, epidemiology of dry mouth, and risk factors for periodontal disease, dental caries, and poor oral health-related quality of life.