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" Burden of Childhood Oral Diseases in Protracted Refugee Situations "
Meer, Rayan
Shibly, Othman
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1053147
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TL52264
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Meer, Rayan
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Burden of Childhood Oral Diseases in Protracted Refugee Situations\ Meer, RayanShibly, Othman
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State University of New York at Buffalo
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2020
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M.S.
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2020
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37 p.
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Background: Dental health is an important factor that can affect the overall health of people. Dental caries and its consequences have a negative impact on children’s quality of life. In the literature, data on the prevalence of oral diseases of children who live in informal camps located in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is very limited. The aims of the study were to assess the prevalence of oral diseases and conditions in Syrian refugee children, living in camps in Bekaa, Lebanon, in terms of dental caries, pain presence, intensity and duration, the presence of dental abscess, and to assess the oral hygiene among them. Also, to evaluate the relationship between level of caries and the duration of displacement Methods: The data of this study were analyzed after reviewing 910 questionnaires and dental records done by Global Miles for Smiles on Syrian refugee children aged between 4 to 16 years who attending schools in camps located in Bekaa, Lebanon. Each chart included two parts. The first part was a questionnaire about the intensity and duration of pain, diet habit, oral hygiene and the duration of living in camps. The second section provided data related to the patient's oral health status. Descriptive statistics and Mann- Whitney U Test were used to evaluate the data.The level of significance was set at 5%. Results: A total of 823 children charts were included in this study. The childrens' age ranged from 4 to 16 with the mean age 9.1 years (SD = 2.3). The percentage of males and females in this study were 52% and 48%, respectively. The prevalence of dental caries among the refugee children was 90.2%. Also, the number of decayed teeth in children who were displaced for more than 5 years was statistically significantly higher than the number of decayed teeth in children who have been displaced for less than five years. (P = 0.015). More than half of the children complained of oral pain with different levels ranging from mild to severe. The prevalence of dental abscess was 8.9%. Also, approximately one third of the children had never brushed their teeth and approximately 62% had never been to a dentist. Conclusions: The prevalence of oral diseases among refugee children living in camps in LMICs is high. This finding emphasizes the necessity of providing comprehensive interventions in order to improve the dental health status of this population.
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Dentistry
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Shibly, Othman
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State University of New York at Buffalo
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