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Figure 5.5.5 Hospital dental procedure rates for children aged 2–9 years, bytype of procedure and age, 2002-03a, b, c, d, e1000Indigenous (< 5 years)Indigenous (5-9 years)Non-Indigenous (< 5 years)Non-Indigenous (5-9 years)Per 100 000 children8006004002000Extraction Pulpal care Restoration Othera Error bars represent 95 per cent confidence intervals around each estimate. b Extraction procedures areperformed to remove decayed, damaged, malformed, or malpositioned teeth. c Pulpal care refers toprocedures carried out on the soft inner structure of a tooth, consisting of nerve and blood vessels.d Restoration procedures involve placing a material in a tooth to restore function and morphology when toothstructure has been lost due to decay or fracture (generally, because of extensive caries), or to improve theaesthetics of the tooth. e Other includes the provision of splints, crowns or bridges.Source: Jamieson and Roberts-Thomson (2006); table 5A.5.10.• Indigenous children aged less than 5 years and 5–9 years of age experiencedhigher rates of ‘extraction’ procedures than non-Indigenous children in the sameage groups (figure 5.5.5). The rate of ‘extraction’ procedures for Indigenouschildren aged less than five years was 2.2 times the rate for non-Indigenouschildren.• The rate for ‘restoration’ procedures was also greater for Indigenous childrenaged less than 5 years; 1.4 times greater than the ‘restoration’ procedure rate fornon-Indigenous children (figure 5.5.5).• Similar to the pattern shown in figure 5.5.4, rates for ‘pulpal’ and ‘other’procedures were lower among Indigenous children than non-Indigenous childrenin both age groups (figure 5.5.5).• Indigenous children aged 10 to 14 years were hospitalised for extractions ataround one third the rate for non-Indigenous children of the same age(table 5A.5.10).EARLY CHILDDEVELOPMENT ANDGROWTH5.47