Brajdić Davor, Skec Vjekoslav, Macan Jasna Spicek, Prgomet Josip, Macan Darko
Klinika za kirurgiju lica, celjusti i usta Klinicke bolnice Dubrava, Stomatoloski fakultet Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska.
Acta Med Croatica. 2006 Sep;60(4):341-5.
The potential of dental emergencies to reduce combat readiness is a major concern of military planners. Dental fitness classification is the primary measure of a soldier's dental readiness.
The teeth and mouth of 400 soldiers, 200 of them recruits and 200 active duty military personnel, were prospectively examined. According to oral status, the subjects were divided into three classes: class 1, requiring no dental treatment or reevaluation within 12 months; class 2, oral condition not expected to result in dental emergency within 12 months, if not treated or followed up; and class 3, subjects requiring dental treatment to correct both their dental and oral health condition, which is likely to cause dental emergency during a 12-month period.
The survey designated 18% of study subjects to class 1, 15.5% to class 2, and 66.% to class 3. Group 3 subjects had a considerably reduced combat readiness, because they may have needed treatment for some dental emergencies at any moment.
It is concluded that recruits generally have inappropriate dental status when they present for military service. Although they have free dental care (except for prosthetics and orthodontics), professional soldiers also have rather poor dental status, which can reduce the possibility of providing due care for dental emergencies, thus adversely affecting their combat readiness.
牙科急症对作战准备状态的潜在影响是军事规划者主要关注的问题。牙齿健康分类是衡量士兵牙齿作战准备状态的主要指标。
对400名士兵的牙齿和口腔进行前瞻性检查，其中200名是新兵，200名是现役军人。根据口腔状况，将受试者分为三类：1类，在12个月内无需牙科治疗或重新评估；2类，若不治疗或随访，预计其口腔状况在12个月内不会导致牙科急症；3类，需要牙科治疗以纠正牙齿和口腔健康状况的受试者，这类情况在12个月内可能引发牙科急症。
调查将18%的研究对象归为1类，15.5%归为2类，66.5%归为3类。3类受试者的作战准备状态大幅降低，因为他们随时可能因某些牙科急症而需要治疗。
得出的结论是，新兵入伍时牙齿状况普遍不佳。尽管他们可享受免费牙科护理（假牙和正畸除外），职业军人的牙齿状况也相当差，这可能降低对牙科急症提供适当护理的可能性，从而对他们的作战准备状态产生不利影响。
