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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Prevalence of oral diseases among adolescents in prisons in Taiwan: a population-based study
Yu-Pei Yang1,2, Ho-Tsung Hsin3, Zhu Liduzi Jiesisibieke4
1Department of Hematology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of oral disease in Taiwanese adolescent prisoners.
Methods:
We included 1,610 participants from the National Health Insurance (NHI) Program. Outcomes were measured using the clinical version of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9-CM).
Results:
The prevalence rate of oral diseases among adolescent prisoners in Taiwan was 29.38%, which was slightly higher among male (30.02%) adolescent prisoners than among female (27.34%) adolescent prisoners (p = 0.316). Among all the patients diagnosed with oral diseases, the top three disease categories were hard tissues of teeth diseases (19.01%), gingival and periodontal diseases (7.70%), and diseases of the oral soft tissues, excluding lesions specific for the gingiva and tongue (4.16%).
Conclusion:
Oral disease is not rare among Taiwanese adolescent prisoners. Early prevention and appropriate treatments are important. It is also essential to explore sex-specific needs for this subpopulation.
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