Parker W A, Mangelsdorff A D, Brunner D G
Public Health Rep. 1983 May-Jun;98(3):292-6.
To determine the prevalence amng current U.S. Army recruits of dental conditions requiring treatment, an assessment was done of the dental care needs of a 3 percent sample (N = 5,613) of incoming recruits at all seven U.S. Army reception stations that operate under a dental treatment planning concept. Both the treatment needs of the total sample and of each Army component--that is, Regular, Reserve, and National Guard forces--were quantified. The results indicated that the requirement for dental care among Army recruits currently being processed for training is approximately the same as it was for such recruits at the time that the Selective Service System draft was in effect, although the types of care needed have changed. Like the draft-based recruits, current Army recruits enter active-duty status with a substantial backlog of unmet dental care needs.
为确定当前美国陆军新兵中需要治疗的牙科疾病的患病率，对按照牙科治疗规划理念运作的美国陆军所有七个新兵接待站接收的新兵3%的样本（N = 5,613）的牙科护理需求进行了评估。对总样本以及陆军各组成部分（即正规军、预备役和国民警卫队）的治疗需求进行了量化。结果表明，目前正在接受训练的陆军新兵对牙科护理的需求与征兵制有效时此类新兵的需求大致相同，尽管所需护理的类型有所变化。与基于征兵的新兵一样，目前的陆军新兵进入现役时也有大量未满足的牙科护理需求积压。
