Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회지)
- Volume 8 Issue 1
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- Pages.59-71
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- 2008
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- 2287-1705(pISSN)
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- 2288-2294(eISSN)
A study on the actual conditions of the oral health of the infants in kindergarten according to mothers' care
유치원 아동 어머니의 행위에 따른 자녀의 구강건강관리실태 조사연구
Abstract
This study was conducted to provide basic data required for the development of dental hygiene project for babies by investigating the relationship between mothers' dental hygiene activities and their socio-economic characteristics and the dental hygiene activities of babies. The survey was carried out with questionnaire to 306 babies of ages from 4 to 7 years and their mothers, from January 5 to January 25, 2007, in 4 kindergartens in Masan, Korea. The collected data was processed with SPSS v.12.0 for frequency analysis and