American Journal of Public Health
Volume 77, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 731-732

Dental health of recent immigrant children in the newcomer schools, San Francisco (Article) (Open Access)

Pollick H.F. , Rice A.J. , Echenberg D.
  • a Department of Dental Public Health and Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
  • b Department of Dental Public Health and Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
  • c Department of Dental Public Health and Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States

Abstract

Dental screenings of 1,012 recent immigrant elementary school children in San Francisco showed 77 per cent of children needed dental treatment on first screening, compared to 25 per cent in the 1979-80 National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) survey for the western United States. The prevalence of dental caries in primary teeth of the immigrant six and seven year-olds was twice that of their US counterparts. Non-refugee immigrants had more serious dental needs but used dental services less often than children with refugee status.

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tooth priority journal geographic distribution normal human dental health dental caries human Child
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.77.6.731
ISSN: 00900036
Cited by: 26
Original Language: English