The Oral Health Status of Recent Immigrants and Refugees in Nova Scotia, Canada

Ghiabi, Edmond; Matthews, David; Brillant, Martha

doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9785-9

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“…The most frequent underlying reasons for the patients' complaints are caries, poor oral hygiene, and periodontal illness. This finding converges with other studies in western countries [26][27][28].…”

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Dental Care for Asylum-Seekers in Germany: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study

Freiberg

Wienke

Bauer

et al. 2020

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Background: The growing immigration to Germany led to more patients whose medical needs are divergent from those of the domestic population. In the field of dental health care there is a debate about how well the German health system is able to meet the resulting challenges. Data on asylum-seekers’ dental health is scarce. This work is intended to reduce this data gap. Methods: We conducted this retrospective observational study in Halle (Saale), Germany. We included all persons who were registered with the social welfare office (SWO) in 2015 and received dental treatments. From the medical records, we derived information such as complaints, diagnoses, and treatments. Results: Out of 4107 asylum-seekers, the SWO received a bill for 568 people. On average, there were 1.44 treatment cases (95%-CI: 1.34–1.55) and 2.53 contacts with the dentist per patient (95%-CI: 2.33–2.74). Among those, the majority went to the dentist because of localized (43.2%, 95%-CI: 38.7–47.7) and non-localized pain (32.0%, 95%-CI: 27.8–36.2). The most widespread diagnosis was caries (n = 469, 98.7%, 95%-CI: 97.7–99.7). Conclusion: The utilization of dental care is lower among asylum-seekers than among regularly insured patients. We assume that the low prevalence rates in our data indicate existing access barriers to the German health care system.

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Dental Care for Asylum-Seekers in Germany: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study

Freiberg

Wienke

Bauer

et al. 2020

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“…The OHS of older migrants was commonly found to be worse than that of older persons born in the host country. 3,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In a 2016 Swedish study, the proportion of edentulous individuals was found to be higher for older migrants than in the population as a whole. 11 Australian studies reported that Vietnamese, 17 Chinese, 18 Greek and Italian 19 older migrants had a higher prevalence of gingivitis.…”

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Oral health needs of older migrants with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in developed countries: A systematic review

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Objectives: To identify and synthesise the available evidence regarding the oral health needs of and the oral health promotion provided for older, cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) migrants in developed countries. Method: Databases were searched using search terms to identify all relevant Englishlanguage research studies published between 2000 and January 2018. Results: Thirty-nine articles met the review criteria. Thirty-three papers reported on the oral health needs of CALD older migrants and 6 on oral health programs provided for older migrants. Conclusions: Cultural and linguistically diverse older migrants have high oral health needs and poor oral status and face a variety of barriers in accessing oral health care in their host countries. Recommendations to improve their access to oral health programs include building transcultural dental training into the educational requirements of dental students and developing oral health promotion programs that include culturally and linguistically customised information.

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“…A survey of Syrian refugees in Jordan revealed that 40% of the respondents reported need for dental services [5], and in a refugee camp in Brussels, dental caries was the second most common primary diagnosis [6]. Prior American and Australian research indicated considerably higher dental treatment needs in newly arrived refugees compared to the general population [7][8][9]. Conclusions from these studies suggested an urgent need for the inclusion of refugees in targeted dental services, and resettlement programmes should include dental screening, treatment and oral health education to prevent a further decline in dental health status [8][9].…”

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Oral Health Challenges in Refugees from the Middle East and Africa: A Comparative Study

Høyvik

Lie

Grjibovski

et al. 2018

J Immigrant Minority Health

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The aim was to explore and compare oral health and need for dental treatment in newly arrived refugees from the Middle East and Africa to Norway. Oral examination and structured interviews were performed with attending interpreters. Associations between origin and measures for oral health were studied with multiple linear regression. Half of the refugees (n = 132) reported oral impacts on daily performances (OIDP) and mean number of decayed teeth (DT) was 4.3 (SD 3.5). Refugees from the Middle East had more DT (1.38, p = 0.044), higher sum of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) (3.93, p = 0.001) and lower OIDP-score (- 3.72, p = 0.026) than refugees from Africa. Refugee oral health is generally poor, with more extensive challenges in refugees from the Middle East. However, few missing teeth, and manageable caries-gradient at the time of registration indicate that most refugees have the prerequisites for a good dentition, provided they get the necessary treatment.

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The Oral Health Status of Recent Immigrants and Refugees in Nova Scotia, Canada

Cited by 28 publications

References 18 publications

Dental Care for Asylum-Seekers in Germany: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study

Dental Care for Asylum-Seekers in Germany: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study

Oral health needs of older migrants with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in developed countries: A systematic review

Oral Health Challenges in Refugees from the Middle East and Africa: A Comparative Study

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