Table 1 Demographics of participants

Country of birth

China

n = 4

Fiji

n = 5

India

n = 20

Israel

n = 1

Macedonia

n = 1

Nepal

n = 2

Languages spoken

Cantonese/Mandarin

n = 4

Fiji-Hindi

n = 5

Gujrati

n = 2

Hebrew

n = 1

Hindi

n = 10

Macedonian

n = 1

Marathi

n = 2

Nepalese

n = 2

Punjabi

n = 5

Tamil

n = 1

Telegu

n = 2

Years migrated to Australia

< 10 years

> 11 years

n = 14

n = 19

Gender of dental provider matters

Doesn’t matter

Female preferred

n = 30

n = 3

Visited CALD provider in Australia

Yes

No

n = 17

n = 16

Dental travel to home country at least once

Yes

No

n = 14

n = 19