@article{ref1,
title="The incidence of dental disease nonbattle injuries in deployed U.S. Army personnel",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2014",
author="Simecek, John W. and Colthirst, Paul and Wojcik, Barbara E. and Eikenberg, Steven and Guerrero, Alicia C. and Fedorowicz, Adam and Szeszel-Fedorowicz, Wioletta and DeNicolo, Philip",
volume="179",
number="6",
pages="666-673",
abstract="BACKGROUND: In the past, the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) and Army National Guard (ARNG) have exhibited lower levels of medical and dental readiness than active duty (AD) Soldiers when activated for deployment. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The objective was to compare dental disease and nonbattle injury (D-DNBI) incidence rates and describe the most common D-DNBI diagnoses in Army AD, ARNG, and USAR Soldiers deployed to Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn) and Afghanistan or Kuwait (Operation Enduring Freedom). <br><br>METHODS: Data from the Center for AMEDD Strategic Studies (CASS) were used to determine D-DNBI encounter rates and diagnoses for deployed Army Soldiers. <br><br>RESULTS: &quot;Dental Caries&quot; was the leading diagnosis (10.00%) for Soldiers in both theaters. For Operation Iraqi Freedom, D-DNBI rates were highest in 2010 at 144.05 per 1,000 Soldiers per year (AD 135.77, ARNG 151.39 and USAR 183.76). In comparison, D-DNBI rates in Operation Enduring Freedom were highest in 2012 with an overall rate of 85.77 per 1,000 Soldiers per year (AD 72.48, ARNG 129.38 and USAR 129.52). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In both campaigns, the data suggest that ARNG and USAR Soldiers had higher D-DNBI rates when compared to AD Soldiers. Further investigation is needed to decrease D-DNBI rates and to determine risk factors that may influence D-DNBI rates among Army components during deployments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00511",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00511"
}