Menghini G, Steiner M, Marthaler T M
Klinik für Präventivzahnmedizin, Parodontologie und Kariologie, Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Universität Zürich.
Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed. 1995;105(12):1529-33.
Between 1992 and 1994 DMF-experience was determined in several hundred schoolchildren from the City of Zurich and 16 small communities distributed over the whole Canton. Immigrants were distinguished from permanently resident children with respect to their length of residence. Children who had arrived after the age of 5 or 6 (kindergarten-age) showed higher caries prevalence; e.g., at the age of 12, 2.00 (16 communities) and 3.14 (City of Zurich) as compared to 1.13 and 1.24 DMFT. Children in special classes for learning German, who had arrived from former Yugoslavia the year before, had 3.64 DMFT at the age of 12. All the children, whether Swiss nationals or non-citizens, who were integrated into the school dental service of the City, had satisfactory treatment levels. In contrast, recent immigrants from former Yugoslavia had about half of their diseased teeth unfilled and often badly destroyed. Therefore, fortnightly tooth-brushings were introduced as a first measure to lower caries activity.
1992年至1994年期间，对来自苏黎世市及分布在整个州的16个小社区的数百名学童进行了乳牙龋失补牙面（DMF）情况的调查。根据移民的居住时长将他们与常住儿童区分开来。5、6岁（幼儿园年龄）之后抵达的儿童龋齿患病率更高；例如，12岁时，在16个社区为2.00，在苏黎世市为3.14，而乳牙龋失补牙数（DMFT）分别为1.13和1.24。前一年从南斯拉夫来的在德语学习特殊班级的儿童，12岁时的乳牙龋失补牙数为3.64。所有融入该市学校牙科服务的儿童，无论瑞士国民还是非公民，其治疗水平都令人满意。相比之下，来自南斯拉夫的新移民有大约一半的患龋牙未填补，且往往破坏严重。因此，作为降低龋齿活动的首要措施，开始每两周进行一次刷牙指导。
