SynthesisJournal of immigrant and minority health2021
Oral Health Status, Oral Health Behaviours and Oral Health Care Utilisation Among Migrants Residing in Europe: A Systematic Review.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- The role of oral health literacy in shaping health behaviors among migrants in Norway. An integrative review.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Oral Health Status among Migrants from Middle- and Low-Income Countries to Europe: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of a Culturally Adapted Intervention on Early Childhood Caries Among Immigrants-A Cluster-Randomised Trial.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Trial
- Effects of an intervention on immigrant parents' knowledge and attitudes toward their children's oral health: A cluster randomized trial in Norway.European journal of oral sciences · 2025Trial
- Parental oral health literacy and oral health service utilisation amongst Myanmar migrant children in Thailand: a qualitative study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Article
- Children's Drawings as a Tool to Explore the Emotional Experience of Migrant Children in Dental Care: A Qualitative Study in Italy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Beyond finance: Overcoming barriers to oral health care for immigrant children.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2026Article
- Oral Health of Migrant Children Over Time: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Ireland.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Factors Associated With Oral Hygiene Practices Among Young Mexican-Identifying Southern Californians.Journal of public health dentistry · 2025Article
- Self-Reported Oral Health Among Elderly Immigrants Residing in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Determinants of Oral Health Outcomes and Quality of Life in Diabetic Patients from Western Romania: A Behavioral Model Approach.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Oral health literacy and oral health status of a german adult population with migration background - findings from the MuMi Study.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Social determinants of oral health in migrants at the Spanish border.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Predictors of oral healthcare utilization and satisfaction among Indian migrants and the host population in the Netherlands.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- International Migration and Cardiovascular Health: Unraveling the Disease Burden Among Migrants to North America and Europe.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Review
- Oral Health Status, Behaviours and Oral Healthcare Utilization among Indian Migrants Compared to the Host Population in the Netherlands: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of abnormalities seen on orthopantomograms performed for forensic age estimation in unaccompanied minor asylum seekers.European radiology · 2024Article
- Association of integration with oral health among Indian migrants living in the Netherlands.PloS one · 2024Article
- Influence of Artificial Intelligence-Driven Diagnostic Tools on Treatment Decision-Making in Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review of Accuracy and Clinical Outcomes.Dentistry journal · 2023Review
- Dental hesitancy: a qualitative study of culturally and linguistically diverse mothers.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
As the reported data on oral health status among the migrants in Europe is fragmented, we systematically reviewed the published literature on the oral health status, behaviours and care utilisation among migrants residing in Europe. For this, we retrieved publications from PubMed and EMBASE, supplemented by manual citation screening and grey literature search on Google scholars. Two independent reviewers screened the studies, extracted data and critically appraised the publications. A total of 69 studies included showed higher dental caries among migrant children. But some studies on adolescents and adults reported similar or even better oral health among migrants compared to the host population, while other reported the opposite. Poor oral health behaviours were generally reported among the migrants and they frequently made use of emergency service utilisation compared to the host population. We shed light on the gaps in dental literature and make some recommendations for the future.
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