Dentist visits of Syrian refugees and the cost of their dental healthcare

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Mahmut Koparal
Bilal Ege
Aydin Keskinruzgar
Gunay Yapici Yavuz
Zozan Erdogmus
Mustafa Nafiz Unsal

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Aim: To investigate dental problems of Syrian refugees in southeast Turkey and assess the burden of their dental healthcare costs to government. Material and Methods: A retrospective study included dental records of Syrian refugees who applied to Adıyaman Dental Hospital (ADH), were compared with Adıyaman public by years.Results: In 2012, the most common treatments were tooth extraction and complicated tooth extraction, the total dental care cost of such refugee patients was $3,082.14 and the median cost per refugee was $4.43. The most common treatment provided to both the Adıyaman public and Syrian refugees in 2017 was dental filling. In the same year, total dental care cost of refugees was $603,303.69, the median cost per refugee was $22.20. The total dental care cost of the Adıyaman public was $3,869,524.96, the median dental care cost in Adıyaman public was $17.95 for one person in 2017.Conclusions: Dental problems of Syrian refugees and the financial burden of their dental healthcare to the government significantly increased.Keywords: Refugee; dental care cost; Syrian; immigrant; treatment; budget

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Koparal, M., Ege, B., Keskinruzgar, A., Yapici Yavuz, G., Erdogmus, Z., & Nafiz Unsal, M. (2021). Dentist visits of Syrian refugees and the cost of their dental healthcare . Annals of Medical Research, 26(12), 2813–2817. Retrieved from http://www.annalsmedres.org/index.php/aomr/article/view/1909
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