Periodontal health and use of oral health services

• Verfasst von: Hagenfeld, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zimmermann, Heiko [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Korb, Katja [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sayed, Nihad el [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Greiser, Karin Halina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kim, Ti-Sun [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Becher, Heiko [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Periodontal health and use of oral health services
• Titelzusatz: a comparison of Germans and two migrant groups
• Verf.angabe: Daniel Hagenfeld, Heiko Zimmermann, Katja Korb, Nihad El-Sayed, Julia Fricke, Karin Halina Greiser, Jan Kühnisch, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger, Marc Schmitter, Ti-Sun Kim and Heiko Becher
• E-Jahr: 2019
• Jahr: 20 August 2019
• Umfang: 9 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 14.10.2019
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Ort Quelle: Basel : MDPI AG, 2004
• Jahr Quelle: 2019
• Band/Heft Quelle: 16(2019) Artikel-Nummer 3000, 9 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 1660-4601
• DOI: doi:10.3390/ijerph16163000
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: dental health care
• Sach-SW: migrants
• Sach-SW: oral health
• Sach-SW: periodontitis
• K10plus-PPN: 1678821624
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

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.