dc.creator | García-Barata, Ana Raquel | es |
dc.creator | Ventura, Irene | es |
dc.creator | Ribas Pérez, David | es |
dc.creator | Flores-Fraile, Javier | es |
dc.creator | Castaño Seiquer, Antonio Luis | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-14T14:26:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-14T14:26:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | García-Barata, A.R., Ventura, I., Ribas Pérez, D., Flores-Fraile, J. y Castaño Seiquer, A.L. (2023). Oral health status in a group of Roma children in Seville, Spain. Healthcare, 11 (7), 1016. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11071016. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2227-9032 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/156271 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Spanish gypsy community is widely integrated among the rest of the Spanish population due to a coexistence that dates back centuries. Despite this integration, they are at risk of
marginalization, the child population clearly being a vulnerable group. In terms of social and health
inequalities, ethnic minorities in general, and the gipsy minority in particular, in many cases do not
achieve equity with the rest of the population. Regarding health in general and, more specifically,
oral health, this fact can be perceived, although it has not been evidenced by any epidemiological
study of oral health in the Andalusia region. Objective: Identify the oral health status through an
epidemiological survey of the population of gipsy children in the city of Seville. Methods: The
WHO (World Health Organization) criteria for oral health surveys were used in the study with
children aged 6 to 13 years carried out in two Seville schools located in neighborhoods with a high
percentage of gypsy population (Polígono Norte and Sur of the city of Seville). Results: The final
sample consisted of 108 children in whom the DMF (decay-missing-filled index) for primary dentition
was 5.0 + −3.1 for the 6–9 year-old age group and the DMFT (Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth)
for the 10–13 year-old group was 4.5 + −3.3. The frequency of brushing was low, with a significant
percentage of children not brushing their teeth (42.3%). The striking feature is that 26.9% of children
had never visited the dentist despite their basic dental care being covered by the regional government.
Conclusions: The children studied present high levels of caries compared to the rest of the Spanish
population, as well as very low levels of oral hygiene. Given the lack of success of existing oral
health programmes among this population, a different intervention is needed, taking into account
the idiosyncrasies of the gipsy community | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 12 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Healthcare, 11 (7), 1016. | |
dc.rights | Atribución 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Social dentistry | es |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | es |
dc.subject | Ethnic minorities | es |
dc.subject | Social disadvantages | es |
dc.title | Oral health status in a group of Roma children in Seville, Spain | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Estomatología | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/7/1016 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/healthcare11071016 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Healthcare | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 11 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 7 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 1016 | es |