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Around 40% of participants had visited the dentist in Denmark the previous year, and 95% reported the costs as a barrier to dental care.\nConclusions: There is a high prevalence of oral disease with a massive impact on the OHRQoL of this group of vulnerable migrants. Despite the need for essential dental treatments, participants rarely used the Danish dental care system. 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