Kingsford Smith D, Szuster F
United Dental Hospital, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW, South Australia 2010.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2000 Dec;24(6):623-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2000.tb00529.x.
To measure and compare the prevalence and distribution of tooth decay among two refugee groups recently arrived in Australia.
The study included refugees aged 15-44 years from Iraq and the former Yugoslavia and random, age-matched social security recipients attending for emergency dental care in 1996.
In younger persons, former Yugoslavian refugees had significantly greater decay experience than Iraqis and emergency care recipients. Refugees had significantly more untreated decay than emergency care recipients and a similar distribution of untreated decayed teeth, with only 15% having none and more than 10% having high decay levels. More than 33% of emergency care recipients had no untreated decay and less than 5% had high levels.
Significant differences were found between refugees and emergency dental care recipients, with refugees having a higher prevalence and more uniform distribution of untreated decay.
Consistent with public health objectives, the finding that refugees had significantly more untreated decay than other disadvantaged Australians provides support for improved access to dental care during the settlement period.
测量并比较近期抵达澳大利亚的两个难民群体中龋齿的患病率及分布情况。
该研究纳入了1996年来自伊拉克和前南斯拉夫的15至44岁难民，以及随机选取的、年龄匹配的前来接受紧急牙科护理的社会保障受助者。
在较年轻人群中，前南斯拉夫难民的龋齿经历明显多于伊拉克难民和接受紧急护理者。难民未经治疗的龋齿明显多于接受紧急护理者，且未经治疗的龋齿分布相似，只有15%的人没有龋齿，超过10%的人龋齿程度较高。超过33%的接受紧急护理者没有未经治疗的龋齿，不到5%的人龋齿程度较高。
难民与接受紧急牙科护理者之间存在显著差异，难民未经治疗的龋齿患病率更高且分布更均匀。
与公共卫生目标一致，难民未经治疗的龋齿明显多于其他处境不利的澳大利亚人的这一发现，为在安置期间改善牙科护理服务的可及性提供了支持。
