University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Division of Comprehensive Oral Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Adams School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Spec Care Dentist. 2023 May-Jun;43(3):313-319. doi: 10.1111/scd.12844. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
The purpose of this article is to detail the oral health status of early baby boomers and how it is affected by the cultural influences after World War II.
National data on clinically and self-assessed oral conditions from the 2021 NIDCR Oral Health in America Report, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2014), Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute (2018), the Indian Health Service (2022), and the Health and Retirement Study (2018) were tabulated and compared (where available) to similar data for older and younger cohorts.
Data analyses show that there is more tooth retention overall. There are higher levels of tooth loss, unrestored caries, and periodontitis among Black, American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Hispanic baby boomers, and the poor. Smokers had higher rates of periodontitis.
A life course approach to oral health care is warranted. Only by regular access and preventive care throughout life can avoidable, unnecessary, overly complex, and invasive procedures be prevented.
本文旨在详细描述早期婴儿潮一代的口腔健康状况，以及其如何受到二战后文化影响的影响。
对 2021 年 NIDCR 口腔健康美国报告、国家健康和营养检查调查（2011-2014 年）、疾病控制和预防中心、国家癌症研究所（2018 年）、印度卫生服务（2022 年）和健康与退休研究（2018 年）中关于临床和自我评估口腔状况的全国数据进行了列表和比较（在可用的情况下），并与年龄更大和更小的队列进行了比较。
数据分析表明，总体而言，牙齿保留的情况更多。黑人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民和西班牙裔婴儿潮一代以及贫困人口的牙齿缺失、未修复龋齿和牙周炎的水平更高，吸烟者的牙周炎发病率更高。
有必要采用生命历程方法来进行口腔保健。只有通过终生定期获得和预防保健，才能预防可避免的、不必要的、过度复杂和侵入性的治疗。
