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Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups

A cross-sectional study was performed with 251 individuals, consisting of 127 Germans, 68 migrants from Turkey, and 56 resettlers (migrants from the former Soviet Union with German ancestors) to compare periodontal health status, with a special focus on associations with lifestyle and anthropometric...

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Autores principales: Hagenfeld, Daniel, Zimmermann, Heiko, Korb, Katja, El-Sayed, Nihad, Fricke, Julia, Greiser, Karin Halina, Kühnisch, Jan, Linseisen, Jakob, Meisinger, Christa, Schmitter, Marc, Kim, Ti-Sun, Becher, Heiko
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31434329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16163000
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author Hagenfeld, Daniel
Zimmermann, Heiko
Korb, Katja
El-Sayed, Nihad
Fricke, Julia
Greiser, Karin Halina
Kühnisch, Jan
Linseisen, Jakob
Meisinger, Christa
Schmitter, Marc
Kim, Ti-Sun
Becher, Heiko
author_facet Hagenfeld, Daniel
Zimmermann, Heiko
Korb, Katja
El-Sayed, Nihad
Fricke, Julia
Greiser, Karin Halina
Kühnisch, Jan
Linseisen, Jakob
Meisinger, Christa
Schmitter, Marc
Kim, Ti-Sun
Becher, Heiko
author_sort Hagenfeld, Daniel
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description A cross-sectional study was performed with 251 individuals, consisting of 127 Germans, 68 migrants from Turkey, and 56 resettlers (migrants from the former Soviet Union with German ancestors) to compare periodontal health status, with a special focus on associations with lifestyle and anthropometric factors, and use of dental health services. Maximal pocket depth was used as a clinical surrogate marker for periodontitis. Other variables were obtained by questionnaires administered by a Turkish or Russian interpreter. The age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of periodontitis was significantly higher in Turks (odds ratio (OR) 2.84, 95% CI = 1.53–5.26) and slightly higher in resettlers (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = 0.71–2.49). These differences are partly explained by a differential distribution of known risk factors for periodontitis. A full model showed a higher prevalence of maximal pocket depth above 5 mm in Turks (OR = 1.97, 95% CI = 0.99–3.92). Use of oral health services was significantly lower in the two migrant groups. Individuals who reported regular visits to a dentist had significantly less periodontitis, independent of migrant status. A reasonable conclusion is that, since oral health causes major chronic diseases and has a major effect on total health system expenditures, public health efforts both generally and specifically focused on migrant groups are warranted.
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spelling pubmed-67206192019-09-10 Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups Hagenfeld, Daniel Zimmermann, Heiko Korb, Katja El-Sayed, Nihad Fricke, Julia Greiser, Karin Halina Kühnisch, Jan Linseisen, Jakob Meisinger, Christa Schmitter, Marc Kim, Ti-Sun Becher, Heiko Int J Environ Res Public Health Article A cross-sectional study was performed with 251 individuals, consisting of 127 Germans, 68 migrants from Turkey, and 56 resettlers (migrants from the former Soviet Union with German ancestors) to compare periodontal health status, with a special focus on associations with lifestyle and anthropometric factors, and use of dental health services. Maximal pocket depth was used as a clinical surrogate marker for periodontitis. Other variables were obtained by questionnaires administered by a Turkish or Russian interpreter. The age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of periodontitis was significantly higher in Turks (odds ratio (OR) 2.84, 95% CI = 1.53–5.26) and slightly higher in resettlers (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = 0.71–2.49). These differences are partly explained by a differential distribution of known risk factors for periodontitis. A full model showed a higher prevalence of maximal pocket depth above 5 mm in Turks (OR = 1.97, 95% CI = 0.99–3.92). Use of oral health services was significantly lower in the two migrant groups. Individuals who reported regular visits to a dentist had significantly less periodontitis, independent of migrant status. A reasonable conclusion is that, since oral health causes major chronic diseases and has a major effect on total health system expenditures, public health efforts both generally and specifically focused on migrant groups are warranted. MDPI 2019-08-20 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6720619/ /pubmed/31434329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16163000 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zimmermann, Heiko
Korb, Katja
El-Sayed, Nihad
Fricke, Julia
Greiser, Karin Halina
Kühnisch, Jan
Linseisen, Jakob
Meisinger, Christa
Schmitter, Marc
Kim, Ti-Sun
Becher, Heiko
Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups
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title_fullStr Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups
title_full_unstemmed Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups
title_short Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups
title_sort periodontal health and use of oral health services: a comparison of germans and two migrant groups
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31434329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16163000
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