Lam Spl, Baros H, O'Grady Mj, Kendall Ge, Messer Lb, Slack-Smith Lm
School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
Open Dent J. 2012;6:69-73. doi: 10.2174/1874210601206010069. Epub 2012 Apr 30.
The aim of this study was to investigate the patterns of attendance at School Dental Service (SDS) and reasons for attendance (treatment or prevention) for children in the Perth Metropolitan Area, in particular investigating the first year of SDS attendance and attendance until the year the child turned 12. The first 150 SDS records located for children from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study were used for this study. Patterns of attendance of children at SDS were described, as were associated factors (enrolment, age and nature of first visit, general nature of visits and number of visits) until the end of the year that the child turned 12.The age of the child at the first SDS visit ranged from 4 years 3 months to 14 years 11 months, with a median of 5 years 1 month. First visits were primarily for an examination (98%). Children had a median of 13 visits until 12 years of age, with 10% having less than five visits and 4% having more than 25 visits.These data provide useful information regarding attendance at the SDS in Western Australia which could provide a basis for oral health promotion programs.
本研究的目的是调查珀斯都会区儿童在学校牙科服务（SDS）的就诊模式以及就诊原因（治疗或预防），尤其要调查儿童首次接受SDS服务的第一年以及直至儿童年满12岁时的就诊情况。本研究使用了从西澳大利亚妊娠队列（Raine）研究中找到的前150份儿童SDS记录。描述了儿童在SDS的就诊模式以及相关因素（入学情况、首次就诊年龄和性质、就诊的一般性质以及就诊次数），直至儿童年满12岁的那一年年底。儿童首次接受SDS服务的年龄范围为4岁3个月至14岁11个月，中位数为5岁1个月。首次就诊主要是为了进行检查（98%）。儿童在12岁之前就诊次数的中位数为13次，其中10%的儿童就诊次数少于5次，4%的儿童就诊次数超过25次。这些数据为西澳大利亚SDS的就诊情况提供了有用信息，可为口腔健康促进项目提供依据。
