Widström E, Martinsson T
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1980 Dec;8(8):407-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1980.tb01319.x.
Foreign citizens today constitute 5% of the Swedish population. While several epidemiological investigations have dealt with dental care habits in the Swedish population, very little is known about the dental care habits of immigrants. This constitutes a factor of uncertainty in the planning of dental care. A random sample of 170 Finnish immigrants, 20-80 years old, in the community of Huddinge was selected. They were summoned to the Faculty Clinics for interview and clinical and radiographic examination. 143 persons appeared for examination. The interview showed that 46.6% of the subjects had never visited a dentist in Sweden though 80% of them intended to remain in Sweden. 19.8% still made more or less regular use of dental services in Finland. The low frequency of utilization of dental services is mainly due to the difficulty in obtaining dental care, lack of knowledge of Swedish, lack of interest and fear of pain. According to the present study Finns in Sweden utilize dental services to a smaller extent than Swedes. The decision of principle adopted by the Swedish parliament in 1968 that immigrants shall be able to live under the same conditions as the Swedes seems not to be fully achieved with regard to the dental care of Finnish immigrants.
如今，外国公民占瑞典人口的5%。虽然已有多项流行病学调查研究了瑞典人口的牙齿保健习惯，但对于移民的牙齿保健习惯却知之甚少。这在牙齿保健规划中构成了一个不确定因素。在胡丁厄社区随机抽取了170名年龄在20至80岁之间的芬兰移民。他们被传唤到学院诊所接受访谈、临床检查和X光检查。143人前来接受检查。访谈显示，46.6%的受试者在瑞典从未看过牙医，尽管其中80%的人打算留在瑞典。19.8%的人仍或多或少定期在芬兰使用牙科服务。牙科服务利用率低主要是由于难以获得牙科护理、不懂瑞典语、缺乏兴趣以及害怕疼痛。根据目前的研究，在瑞典的芬兰人比瑞典人使用牙科服务的程度要小。瑞典议会1968年通过的一项原则性决定，即移民应能够与瑞典人在相同条件下生活，就芬兰移民的牙齿保健而言，这一决定似乎并未完全实现。
