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A study on the oral health care and the effects of nutritional and oral health education for elementary school students  

김혜영 (성신여자대학교 식품영양학과)
원복연 (성신여자대학교 식품영양학과)
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Korean journal of food and cookery science / v.20, no.1, 2004 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was executed to find the effects of dietary control and oral health care on dental caries and oral problems in elementary school students, including the effects of nutritional and oral health education on the prevention of dental caries. 1. The oral health study found that 88.9% of students brushed their teeth everyday, 63.7% 2 times a day, and 50.4% in the morning and at night. 2. According to the general characteristics whether or not, the female students had more dental caries than the males, and 29.1% of the students that had dental caries ate snacke 1 or 2 times a day. 3. After the nutritional education, more students brushed their teeth in the after meal 4. According to gender, grade and nutritional education for oral health care, male students and higher grade students were more aware that “brushing teeth after meals is better than before”. The male and higher grade students, after the nutritional education, were more aware that “Bones and teeth are made from calcium”, and “Fluorine prevents teeth from dental caries” and the differences between the genders were statistically significant in relation to both these facts (p〈0.05) and before and after education (p〈0.01). The male and higher grade students, and those nutritionally educated were more conscious that “vegetables and fruits are good for teeth”, with the differences before and after the nutritional education were statistically significant (p〈0.05). The male and higher grade students were well aware that “Foods that have sugar cause dental caries”, and significant differences were shown between grades (p〈0.05). The male and higher grade students, after the nutritional education and were well aware that “Milk is good for teeth”, with a significant gender difference (p〈0.05). The female and higher grade students, and those after nutritional education were well aware that “Dental caries can not be perfectly cured once it had already occurred”. after nutrition, but not much differences.
Keywords
Dental Caries; Oral Health Education; Tooth Brushing;
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