Dental / Oral Health Services
Author: Lombardi, Gina R.
Date Published: 2001
According to an analysis of migrant health center encounter data, dental disease ranks as one of the top five health problems for farmworkers aged 5 through 29, and remains among the top twenty health problems for farmworkers of all other ages presenting for care. For children aged 10 to 19, dental disease is the top complaint. Over the last 18 years, numerous local-level studies of the oral health of farmworker children and adults have been conducted. Across both time and geography, the findings consistently show farmworkers of all ages to have a level of oral health far worse than what is found in the general population. The poor level of oral health for farmworkers was generally found to correspond with lack of access to information that could help prevent oral health problems and lack of access to preventive care and restorative services.
Date Published: 2001
According to an analysis of migrant health center encounter data, dental disease ranks as one of the top five health problems for farmworkers aged 5 through 29, and remains among the top twenty health problems for farmworkers of all other ages presenting for care. For children aged 10 to 19, dental disease is the top complaint. Over the last 18 years, numerous local-level studies of the oral health of farmworker children and adults have been conducted. Across both time and geography, the findings consistently show farmworkers of all ages to have a level of oral health far worse than what is found in the general population. The poor level of oral health for farmworkers was generally found to correspond with lack of access to information that could help prevent oral health problems and lack of access to preventive care and restorative services.
