Gesundheitswesen
Volume 60, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 500-504

Oral Health and Utilisation of Dental Care among Migrant Children of 8 Years of Age and Germany Children in a Westphalian District [Mundgesundheit und Inanspruchnahme zahnärztlicher Betreuungsleistungen von 8jährigen Migranten und deutschen Schülern des Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreises] (Article)

Kühnisch J.* , Heinrich-Weltzien R. , Senkel H.
  • a Klin. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Zentrum F. Zahn-, Mund- K., Poliklin. F. Praventive Z., Germany, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Zentrum F. Zahn-, Mund- K., Poliklin. F. Praventive Z., Nordhäuser Straße 78, 99089 Erfurt, Germany
  • b Klin. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Zentrum F. Zahn-, Mund- K., Poliklin. F. Praventive Z., Germany
  • c Gesundheitsamt Schwelm, Germany

Abstract

Information about the oral health status of immigrants or migrants living in the Federal Republic of Germany are still limited. Hence, it was the aim of this study to analyse the oral health status and the use of dental care in Germany (n = 360) and migrants' children (n = 90) of as years of age in Westphalia. Caries was recorded using WHO diagnostic criteria (1987). Dental care utilisation patterns were assessed by means of a questionnaire. 79.1 % of all 8-year-olds were caries-free in the permanent dentition. The mean caries incidence in the study population was 7.6 dfs and 0.7 DMFS. Migrants had a significantly higher caries incidence (12.0 dfs, 1.1 DMFS) than their German classmares (6.5 dfs, 0.6 DMFS). The results suggested that 8-year-old migrants lack dental care and prevention and must be classified as caries-risk subjects. More intensive community-based and individual dental care and preventive programmes are necessary to improve oral health in migrant children.

Author Keywords

Caries prevalence Preventive dental care Immigrants and migrants Epidemiological

Index Keywords

Dental Care male DMF index Utilization Review female Germany Emigration and Immigration Dental Care for Children health survey Article human Humans migration statistics Child
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ISSN: 09413790
Cited by: 12
Original Language: German