From: Gaps in smiles and services: a cross-sectional study of dental caries in refugee-background children
Total (n = 350) | Overseas-born (n = 241) | Overseas-born African (n = 176) | Overseas-born other (n = 65) | Australian-born (n = 109) | ||
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Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Dentition | Primary | 113 (32.4) | 56 (23.3) | 39 (22.3) | 17 (26.2) | 57 (52.3) |
Mixed | 127 (36.4) | 85 (35.4) | 67 (38.3) | 18 (27.7) | 42 (38.5) | |
Secondary | 109 (31.2) | 99 (41.3) | 69 (39.4) | 30 (46.1) | 10 (9.2) | |
Missing data | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Visible caries | No caries | 181 (53.9) | 110 (47.6) | 88 (52.1) | 22 (35.5) | 71 (67.6) |
Any caries | 155 (46.1) | 121 (52.4) | 81 (47.9) | 40 (64.5) | 34 (32.4) | |
Enamel lesions | 74 (22.0) | 59 (25.5) | 40 (23.7) | 19 (30.6) | 15 (14.3) | |
1-3 carious teeth | 35 (10.4) | 26 (11.3) | 20 (11.8) | 6 (9.7) | 9 (8.6) | |
>3 carious teeth or pulp involvement | 46 (13.7) | 36 (15.7) | 21 (12.4) | 15 (24.2) | 10 (9.5) | |
Missing data | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
Caries experience^ | Primary dentition | |||||
dmft = 0 | 72 (65.5) | 32 (57.1) | 25 (64.1) | 7 (41.2) | 40 (74.1) | |
dmft >0 | 38 (34.5) | 24 (42.9) | 14 (35.9) | 10 (58.8) | 14 (25.9) | |
Mixed dentition | ||||||
dmft = 0 and DMFT = 0 | 42 (33.1) | 24 (28.2) | 23 (33.8) | 1 (5.9) | 18 (42.9) | |
Any dmft or DMFT > 0 | 85 (66.9) | 61 (71.8) | 44 (65.7) | 17 (94.4) | 24 (57.1) | |
Secondary dentition | ||||||
DMFT = 0 | 52 (48.6) | 45 (46.4) | 32 (46.4) | 13 (46.4) | 7 (70) | |
DMFT >0 | 55 (51.4) | 52 (53.6) | 37 (53.6) | 15 (53.6) | 3 (30) | |
Overall | ||||||
Any dmft >0 or DMFT > 0 | 178 (51.6) | 137 (57.3) | 95 (54.0) | 42 (66.7) | 41 (37.6) | |
Mean (dmft/DMFT) | Primary dentition | |||||
Mean dmft score (SD) | 1.7 (3.0) | 2.1 (3.1) | 1.5 (2.6) | 3.3 (3.8) | 1.4 (2.9) | |
Range | 0-13 | 0-12 | 0-12 | 0-10 | 0-13 | |
Mixed dentition | ||||||
Mean dmft score (SD) | 2.5 (3.1) | 2.9 (3.4) | 2.5 (3.1) | 4.4 (4.0) | 1.6 (2.3) | |
Range | 0-12 | 0-12 | 0-12 | 0-11 | 0-8 | |
Mean DMFT score (SD) | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.3 (0.7) | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.3 (0.9) | |
Range | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-5 | |
Secondary dentition | ||||||
Mean DMFT score (SD) | 1.6 (2.1) | 1.7 (2.1) | 1.6 (2.1) | 1.8 (2.2) | 0.7 (1.3) | |
Range | 0-9 | 0-9 | 0-9 | 0-8 | 0-4 | |
Severe caries | Primary dentition | |||||
dmft 6+ | 15 (13.6) | 9 (16.1) | 3 (7.7) | 6 (35.3) | 6 (11.1) | |
Mixed dentition | ||||||
dmft 6+ or DMFT 2+ | 23 (18.1) | 19 (22.4) | 13 (19.4) | 6 (33.3) | 4 (9.5) | |
Secondary dentition | ||||||
DMFT 6+ | 5 (4.7) | 5 (5.2) | 4 (5.8) | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0) | |
Any severe caries | 43/345 (12.5) | 33/231 (14.3) | 20/176 (11.3) | 13/63 (20.6) | 10/109 (9.2) |