Tandcariës bij kinderen uit etnische groepen in Nederland: een overzicht vn de literatuur [Dental caries in children from ethnic groups in the Netherlands: a literature review]

Title

Tandcariës bij kinderen uit etnische groepen in Nederland: een overzicht vn de literatuur [Dental caries in children from ethnic groups in the Netherlands: a literature review]

 Author

Verrips, G.H.
Kalsbeek, H.

Publication year

1993

 Abstract

This article reviews the literature on child dental caries in various ethnic groups in the Netherlands. Material from fifteen studies showed generally the dental health of five- to eleven-year-old children of parents born in Turkey or Morocco to be far worse than that of children of Dutch or Surinamese parents. The ethnic groups distinguished, however, turned out not to be homogeneous with regard to dental health. Within each ethnic group the socio-economic status as well as the parental level of fluency in the Dutch language were important additional risk indicators for caries. Regular toothbrushing seemed to be the most important factor to diminish the caries risk.

 Subject

Health
Ethnology
Preschool child
Review
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Dental Caries
Female
Humans
Language
Male
Morocco
Netherlands
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Suriname
Toothbrushing
Turkey

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 TNO identifier

232298

 ISSN

0028-2200

 Source

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde, 100 (9), 407-411

 Document type

article
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