Chisick M C, Poindexter F R, York A K
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA.
Mil Med. 1998 Mar;163(3):155-8.
This paper explores the need for and the prevalence of dental sealants in active duty U.S. military personnel. The data come from the 1994 Tri-Service Comprehensive Oral health Survey. Data were collected on 13,050 Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy active duty personnel at 26 sites. Women and minorities were oversampled. Both bivariate and logistic regression analyses were done on the need for at least one dental sealant and the prevalence of at least one dental sealant in service members. Weighted data (1,669,662) were used for the bivariate analyses; unweighted data were used for the regressions. Results show that 3.6% of service members need dental sealants and that 6.8% have dental sealants. The need for dental sealants varies across age, rank, and branch of service. The prevalence of dental sealants varies across age, race, rank, and branch of service. The cost-effectiveness of dental sealants in this population should be established.
本文探讨了美国现役军人中牙齿窝沟封闭剂的需求情况及普及程度。数据来自1994年三军综合口腔健康调查。在26个地点收集了13050名陆军、空军、海军陆战队和海军现役人员的数据。女性和少数族裔被过度抽样。对军人中至少需要一种牙齿窝沟封闭剂的需求情况以及至少有一种牙齿窝沟封闭剂的普及程度进行了双变量分析和逻辑回归分析。双变量分析使用了加权数据（1669662）；回归分析使用了未加权数据。结果显示，3.6%的军人需要牙齿窝沟封闭剂，6.8%的军人有牙齿窝沟封闭剂。牙齿窝沟封闭剂的需求因年龄、军衔和军种而异。牙齿窝沟封闭剂的普及程度因年龄、种族、军衔和军种而异。应确定牙齿窝沟封闭剂在该人群中的成本效益。
