Harding M, Taylor G
Department of Dental Public Health, Tameside and Glossop Health Authority and Oldham Health Authority, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK.
Community Dent Health. 1993 Sep;10(3):269-75.
School dental screenings have been carried out in the community dental service for over eighty years but there have been very few evaluations of their outcome. The community dental service is now required to provide treatment only for those who have experienced difficulty in obtaining treatment in the general dental service. A follow up procedure to school dental screenings was designed to ensure that as many children in need of treatment as possible attended a general dental practitioner. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of this procedure in persuading school children to attend a general dental practitioner. Data on the outcome of this follow up procedure were collected between May 1990 and March 1991 in Oldham and Tameside and Glossop. Of the 47,776 pupils screened, 10,925 were considered to require treatment. General dental practitioners confirmed subsequent attendance by 2,083 (19 per cent) and attendance at community dental service clinics was confirmed for a further 363 (3 per cent). A further 2,161 (20 per cent) were found to have received treatment at a rescreening held two to three months later. Of those referred for treatment, 4,607 children (42 per cent) had received it within the three months following the screening, the majority having received care in the general dental service.
学校牙科筛查在社区牙科服务中已经开展了八十多年，但对其结果的评估却非常少。现在要求社区牙科服务只为那些在普通牙科服务中难以获得治疗的人提供治疗。设计了一项针对学校牙科筛查的后续程序，以确保尽可能多的需要治疗的儿童去看普通牙科医生。本研究的目的是评估该程序在说服学童去看普通牙科医生方面的有效性。1990年5月至1991年3月期间，在奥尔德姆、塔姆赛德和格洛索普收集了该后续程序结果的数据。在接受筛查的47776名学生中，有10925名被认为需要治疗。普通牙科医生确认有2083名（19%）随后就诊，另有363名（3%）被确认在社区牙科服务诊所就诊。在两到三个月后进行的重新筛查中，发现另有2161名（20%）已经接受了治疗。在被转诊接受治疗的儿童中，有4607名（42%）在筛查后的三个月内接受了治疗，大多数是在普通牙科服务中接受的治疗。
