Abstract
Fluorine is an element that promotes dental caries preventive effect at proper concentration level, but may have significantly undesirable impact on dental caries if correct information of fluorine is not recognized. Therefore, this study is intended to evaluate fluorine awareness among the adults in their 20s and analyze oral health conditions based on such awareness in order to promote dental caries preventive effect and convey correct knowledge of fluorine. For this study, 82 adult men and 102 adult women in their 20s, all of whom lived in Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, were surveyed from May 1, 2014 to June 30 of the same year, along with oral health examination to evaluate their oral health conditions. The results of the analysis showed that 19.46% of respondents answered "No" to the question related to awareness towards the use of fluorine in DT rate dental clinic based on the degree of fluorine awareness, which was higher than 11.10% who answered "Yes"(p<.05). Moreover, 18.32%of respondents answered "No" to the question related to whether they were checking the label indicating the fluorine content in product, which was the highest rate, suggesting that the rate was higher when there was stronger tendency to avoid reading the precaution notice (p<.05). In addition, 71.98% of respondents answered "Yes" to the question associated with the awareness to the use of fluorine in FT rate dental clinic based on the fluorine awareness, which was higher than 49.04% of respondents who answered "No" (p<.05). This study is meaningful in that it provides basic data for the implementation of fluorine prevention projects in the period ahead by determining the effect of fluorine awareness on oral health conditions. Based on aforesaid results, both educational and promotional activities need to be carried out vigorously to help raise fluorine awareness.
불소는 적정 농도에서는 치아우식 예방 효과를 증진시키는 원소이지만 불소에 대한 정확한 정보를 인식하지 못하는 경우에는 치아우식 예방에 좋지 못한 큰 영향을 미친다. 이에 본 연구는 대학생을 대상으로 불소에 대한 인식도를 평가하고 인식도에 따른 구강건강상태를 분석함으로서 우식예방효과를 증진시키고 불소에 대한 올바른 지식을 전달하고자 한다. 본 연구는 2014년 5월1일부터 6월30일까지 대구 경북 지역에 거주하는 대학생 중 남성 82명 여성 102명을 대상으로 설문조사와 구강건강상태를 평가하기 위해 구강검진을 실시하였다. 연구결과 불소 인식도에 따른 DT rate 치과 외에 불소사용 인식도는 '없다'가 19.46%로 '있다' 11.10%보다 높았다(p<.05). 불소함유제품 사용표시 확인은 '아니오'가 18.32%로 가장 높아 주의표시를 읽지 않을수록 높게 조사되었다(p<.05). 불소 인식도에 따른 FT rate 치과에서의 불소사용의 인식도는 '있다'가 71.98%로 '없다' 49.04%보다 높았다(p<.05). 불소인식도가 구강건강상태에 미치는 영향을 파악함으로서 향후 불소예방사업을 수행함에 있어 기초자료를 마련하는데 의의가 있고 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 불소에 대한 인식을 높이기 위한 적극적인 교육과 홍보가 이루어져야 한다고 생각된다.
