Krause Laura, Seeling Stefanie, Prütz Franziska, Wager Julia
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring.
German Paediatric Pain Centre, Children's and Adolescents' Hospital, Datteln; Department of Children's Pain Therapy and Paediatric Palliative Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Witten.
J Health Monit. 2022 Mar 30;7(1):48-60. doi: 10.25646/9565. eCollection 2022 Mar.
According to international studies, children and adolescents with disabilities have more tooth decay, brush their teeth less often twice a day and use preventive dental services less often than children and adolescents without disabilities. With data from the second follow-up to the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2, 2014-2017), toothache, tooth brushing frequency and dental check-ups are examined in children and adolescents with and without disabilities. It was found that children and adolescents with disabilities had more toothache in the three months before the survey (23.5% and 15.9%, respectively) and brushed or got their teeth brushed twice a day less often (33.5% and 22.2%, respectively) than children and adolescents without disabilities. Differences in the utilisation of dental check-ups could not be determined. Overall, the results point to the importance of measures to promote tooth brushing frequency in order to improve the oral health of children and adolescents with disabilities. In addition, further opportunities should be created to collect data on the oral health of people with disabilities at the population level in health or participation studies.
根据国际研究，残疾儿童和青少年比非残疾儿童和青少年有更多龋齿，每天刷牙两次的频率更低，使用预防性牙科服务的频率也更低。利用德国儿童和青少年健康访谈与检查调查（KiGGS Wave 2，2014 - 2017）第二次随访的数据，对残疾和非残疾儿童及青少年的牙痛、刷牙频率和牙科检查情况进行了调查。结果发现，残疾儿童和青少年在调查前三个月内牙痛的比例更高（分别为23.5%和15.9%），每天刷牙或让人帮忙刷牙两次的频率更低（分别为33.5%和22.2%）。牙科检查的利用率差异无法确定。总体而言，结果表明提高刷牙频率的措施对于改善残疾儿童和青少年的口腔健康很重要。此外，应创造更多机会，在健康或参与研究中收集有关残疾人群体口腔健康的数据。
