Dental Care for Refugees: The German Experience

Oral health problems facing refugees in Europe: a scoping review

“…The studies had participants originating from countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Two studies focused on oral health in children refugees [ 10 , 28 ], four assessed the oral health situation of refugees and the prevalence of caries and other oral diseases and the treatment needs [ 11 , 28 – 30 ]. The gender was balanced in the studies.…”

“… Goetz (2018) [ 15 ] Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Pilot study with a cross-sectional To evaluate the oral health of refugees and to estimate the costs of oral care. a mean age of 28 years old Males and females 102 Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Eritrea, Yemen, Armenia, Somalia, Iran, Chechnya Riatto (2018) [ 10 ] Melilla, Spain Quantitative study/Correlation questionnaire To determine the oral health status of Syrian immigrant children refugee at the Center for Temporary Stay 5–13 years old males and females 156 Syria Furnadzhieva (2017) [ 30 ] Baden-Württemberg, Federal Republic of Germany. Qualitative study To study the experience of dental practitioners in Germany in treating refugees at outpatient medical facilities 5 to 75 Years old N/A 100 N/A Mattila (2016) [ 32 ] Finland Pilot study To investigate self-reported oral health, oral health habits, dental fear and use of dental health care services among asylum seekers and immigrants 17 to 53 Years old Males and females 38 15 different countries Angellilo (1996) [ 29 ] Catanzaro and Crotone.…”

“…Furthermore, five of the quantitative studies reported the statistical significance of the results and tested for p -value [ 9 , 11 , 15 , 29 , 31 ] and the same number of these quantitative studies calculated a confidence interval around the results [ 10 , 11 , 15 , 28 , 29 ]. Three qualitative studies used qualitative description [ 12 , 32 , 33 ], while two studies used interviews and a phenomena graphic approach to collect and analysis the data [ 30 ] (Tables 2 , 3 ).…”

“…Three qualitative studies used qualitative description [ 12 , 32 , 33 ], while two studies used interviews and a phenomena graphic approach to collect and analysis the data [ 30 ] (Tables 2 , 3 ).…”

“…Furnadzhieva et al and Høyvik et al concluded that parents were reluctant to adopt a preventive approach to oral health and only took their children to the dentist when they were in pain [ 8 , 30 ]. Zimmermann et al demonstrated that many adults estimated their oral hygiene to be much better [ 31 ].…”