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http://dx.doi.org/10.13065/jksdh.20220032

Study on unmet dental care needs in postmenopausal women: the 7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey  

Lim, Sun-A (Department of Dental Hygiene, Songwon University)
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Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene / v.22, no.4, 2022 , pp. 289-295 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: In this study, raw data from the 7th (2016-2018) of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used, and a total of 2,430 people were selected as participants to analyze the factors related to unmet dental care needs in postmenopausal women. Methods: Frequency analysis, cross analysis, and logistic regression analysis were performed for general characteristics, oral health characteristics, and unmet dental care needs related factors using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 program. Results: The unmet dental care related factors were 1.527 times higher in the case of not having oral examinations than in the case of having oral examinations. For those who did not make use of the dental clinic, 8.667 times, 2.913 times for bad oral health, and 1.912 times for usually showed that unmet dental care was higher. Inconvenience with speaking was 1.578 times higher, and in the absence of implants, unmet dental care needs was 1.510 times higher. In the case of no chewing difficulty, was 0.380 times lower. Conclusions: Based on the above results, in order to achieve the policy goal to reduce unmet dental care needs, policy support and interest are needed above all to accurately identify and solve specific problems.
Keywords
Factors; Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination (KNHANES); Oral health; Postmenopausal women; Unmet dental care;
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