Risk Determinants of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status in 3–15 Year-Old Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Pilot Study

This study aimed to identify the risk determinants of caries and record oral hygiene status in recent immigrant and refugee children residing in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Convenience samples of 133, 3–15 year-old recent immigrant and refugee children, and 86 adult guardians were re...

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Autores principales: Hoover, Jay, Vatanparast, Hassan, Uswak, Gerry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5681969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27349936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0452-9
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description This study aimed to identify the risk determinants of caries and record oral hygiene status in recent immigrant and refugee children residing in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Convenience samples of 133, 3–15 year-old recent immigrant and refugee children, and 86 adult guardians were recruited. Clinical examination of children and survey of their guardians explored the presence of at least one decayed tooth in the child’s mouth; and the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, among other aspects in adult participants. Refugee children had statistically significant higher decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) scores (mean dmft/DMFT score 5.80 ± 4.24) than immigrant children (mean dmft/DMFT score 3.52 ± 3.78 (p < 0.001). Adult immigrants had significantly higher proficiency in English language, knowledge about preventive components like fluoride and dental floss compared to refugee adults. The results of this study confirm the poorer state of oral health among refugee and immigrant children compared to Canadian children.
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spelling pubmed-56819692017-11-22 Risk Determinants of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status in 3–15 Year-Old Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Pilot Study Hoover, Jay Vatanparast, Hassan Uswak, Gerry J Immigr Minor Health Original Paper This study aimed to identify the risk determinants of caries and record oral hygiene status in recent immigrant and refugee children residing in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Convenience samples of 133, 3–15 year-old recent immigrant and refugee children, and 86 adult guardians were recruited. Clinical examination of children and survey of their guardians explored the presence of at least one decayed tooth in the child’s mouth; and the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, among other aspects in adult participants. Refugee children had statistically significant higher decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) scores (mean dmft/DMFT score 5.80 ± 4.24) than immigrant children (mean dmft/DMFT score 3.52 ± 3.78 (p < 0.001). Adult immigrants had significantly higher proficiency in English language, knowledge about preventive components like fluoride and dental floss compared to refugee adults. The results of this study confirm the poorer state of oral health among refugee and immigrant children compared to Canadian children. Springer US 2016-06-27 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5681969/ /pubmed/27349936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0452-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_full Risk Determinants of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status in 3–15 Year-Old Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Risk Determinants of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status in 3–15 Year-Old Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Risk Determinants of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status in 3–15 Year-Old Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Pilot Study
title_short Risk Determinants of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status in 3–15 Year-Old Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Pilot Study
title_sort risk determinants of dental caries and oral hygiene status in 3–15 year-old recent immigrant and refugee children in saskatchewan, canada: a pilot study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5681969/
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