Evaluation of Mobile and Community Dental Service Use among People Experiencing Homelessness

Novák, Bohušlav; Matajs, Marek; Sangalli, Alessandro Emanuele; Pruts, Halyna; Korpasova, Anna; Leptos, Nikos; Stanko, Peter; Tinak, Michal; Kostičová, Michaela

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“…Оскільки стоматологічне здоров'я є невіддільним компонентом загальної якості життя людини, тому можна говорити про його функцію як предиктора загального здоров'я та добробуту. Такі явища, як низький дохід, невиконання вимог індивідуального догляду за порожниною рота, втрати зубів, -переважно асоціюються зі зниженням рівня якості життя [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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Socio-Economic Determinants of Children`s Dental Health. Literature Review

Мочалов¹

2023

Ukr. ž. med. bìol. sportu

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The purpose of the work was to study the world literature on the socio-economic determinants of dental health among children. Materials and methods. An online information search was performed in the databases “PubMed”, “SciELO”, “Medcape” and “Science of Ukraine: access to knowledge” using the keywords “children caries”, “dental (oral) health”, “children and adolescents”, “social and economic determinants of health” with appropriate translations in foreign languages. Results and discussion. At the global level, dental diseases lead to serious medical and economic consequences which manifest themselves in the form of a significant decrease in the quality of life. The foundations of the dental health level are laid in childhood and are strengthened in adolescence, so these age groups of the population are the main “target audience” for disease prevention measures, valeological research, sanitary and educational work and the formation of appropriate habits. Socio-economic determinants of dental health in children, adolescents and adults on a global scale have been studied unevenly. Mostly, the results of research performed in the developed countries of the world are available. Such a situation creates a need for rethinking approaches and methods for assessing the problem of health care systems in separate countries and changing the methods for developing measures to influence the dental health of children and adolescents with high individualization and adaptation of socially oriented program products in health care. Giving a priority in the development of preventive programs in the field of health care to only individual and collective training measures and communal prevention does not allow to neutralize the negative impact of socio-economic conditions, and even more – it deepens inequality in dental health in the population, which is recognized as a problem by the World Health Organization. With regard to Ukraine, the presence of martial law and the continuation of fighting in certain countries have caused a number of demographic and socio-economic processes, which will be measured and evaluated after some time. But, unequivocally, the existing economic crisis, a decrease in the level of income of the population, negative demographic processes, complications of work in the health care system and other factors that can be defined as determinants of children's dental health continue to operate. Therefore, it is expected that we should be prepared for the deterioration of dental health indicators at the national level and the negative consequences of this. Conclusion. The main socio-economic determinants of children's dental health are recognized as: the level of economic development of the country, access to medical and dental care, the level of family wealth, the age and level of education of parents, their employment, the number of children in the family, the migration status of the family and separately – parents, local peculiarities of the culture of oral cavity care and nutrition, availability and level of coverage of educational and sanitary-educational measures, local levels of development of the system of health care institutions, effectiveness of interaction between health care institutions, education and social protection management bodies

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Socio-Economic Determinants of Children`s Dental Health. Literature Review

Мочалов¹

2023

Ukr. ž. med. bìol. sportu

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The dynamics of providing street medicine to a geographically diverse homeless population in Hawaii

Maxwell

Thomas

Plassmeyer

2023

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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Analysis of Extractions of Teeth in People Experiencing Homelessness in Bratislava

Stanko,

Novák,

Sangalli

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Stomatológ

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Homeless people suffer from many general disorders, but also from dental problems. People experiencing homelessness in Bratislave appeare around three thousands recently. During project "Mobile Ambulance Station" running within years 2012 -2018 there were treated altogether 319 patients (men n=241, 75,5 %; women n=78, 24,5 %), mean age 43.3 yrs. More than 80 % of the procedures included extractions of teeth (n=363, the most extracted right lower second molar). Dental caries and its sequels prevailed within indications, in summary 84 % (58 % mechanical irritation by dental root, 20 % pulpitis, 6 % acute apical periodontitis). The second followed marginal periodontitis in a terminal stage in 15 %. Rare causes of the extractions were injuries (n=3) and reccurent pericoronitis (n=1). In anamnesis the main comorbidities appeared viral infections and cardiovascular disorders. During the more than 5 years lasting period the patients underwent treatment for acute dental problems in 74.3 % of cases. Conservative and prosthetic treatment was realized on out-patient basis at the

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Evaluation of Mobile and Community Dental Service Use among People Experiencing Homelessness

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Socio-Economic Determinants of Children`s Dental Health. Literature Review

Socio-Economic Determinants of Children`s Dental Health. Literature Review

The dynamics of providing street medicine to a geographically diverse homeless population in Hawaii

Analysis of Extractions of Teeth in People Experiencing Homelessness in Bratislava

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