Rajala A L, Rajala M, Paunio I
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1978 May;6(3):121-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1978.tb01134.x.
Ninety-three percent of the 300 employees of a paper mill in central-eastern Finland answered a questionnaire in the context of a clinical dental survey. One third had visited the dentist annually, 22% once in 2 years and the rest irregularly. Dental visit frequency of females was somewhat higher than that of males. People in younger age groups and higher income groups used more dental services, whereas those who had dentures used clearly less dental services than others. Subjective assessment of treatment need was the main reason for dental visits, more than half of the subjects had attended the dentist the last time because of self-assessed need. Thirty-eight percent went to the dentist because of toothache and only 9% for regular check-up. Although more than one third had gone to the dentist because of toothache only one third of those who had toothache during the preceding year had visited the dentist during that period. People without toothache, in fact, used more dental services than those who had had it.
芬兰中东部一家造纸厂的300名员工中有93%在临床牙科调查中回答了问卷。三分之一的人每年看一次牙医，22%的人每两年看一次，其余的人看牙不规律。女性看牙的频率略高于男性。年龄较小和收入较高群体的人使用的牙科服务更多，而佩戴假牙的人使用的牙科服务明显少于其他人。对治疗需求的主观评估是看牙的主要原因，超过一半的受试者上次看牙医是因为自我评估的需求。38%的人因牙痛去看牙医，只有9%的人是为了定期检查。尽管超过三分之一的人因牙痛去看牙医，但在前一年有牙痛的人在此期间只有三分之一去看过牙医。事实上，没有牙痛的人使用的牙科服务比有牙痛的人更多。
