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A Study on the Recognition and Requirement of Dental Hygienists for Academic Credit Bank System (치과위생사들의 학점은행제에 대한 인식 및 요구)

  • Jang, Young-Ho;Choi, Mi-Sook;Kim, Eun-Hee;Yang, Seung-Kyeong
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.287-293
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    • 2007
  • As a result of having surveyed and analyzed recognition and requirement of dental hygienists for Academic Credit Bank System, the recognition on Academic Credit Bank System accounted for 70.8%, and in terms of information media recognized, surrounding people were the highest with 52.4%. And, in case of the response as saying of being willing to participate, an opportunity of acquiring a bachelor's degree accounted for 24.0%, and in case of the response as saying of being unwilling to participate, the lack of time that will take part in education activity accounted for 13.7%, thereby having been surveyed to be the most preferential choice, respectively. The importance by sphere in course programs was indicated to be the sphere of preventive dental treatment with 3.61, the sphere of dental management with 3.38, the sphere of oral health education with 3.09, the sphere of medical-treatment coordination with 2.82, and the sphere of community dental health with 2.11 in order. The importance by field of sphere in course programs was indicated to be high in the field of oral health education by subject with 2.30 for the field of sphere in oral health education, in the field of plaque control and oral prophylaxis with 3.53 for the field of sphere in preventive dental treatment, in the field of management of the fluoride mouth-rinsing programme with 2.86 for the field of sphere in community dental health, in the field of counselling with 3.24 for the field of sphere in dental management, and in the field of medical-treatment assistance with 1.53 for the field of sphere in medical-treatment coordination.

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Association between Oral Health and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among the Elderly (노인 구강건강 수준과 구강건강관련 삶의 질의 관련성)

  • Kim, Mi-Hwa;Kim, Kyung-Won;Lee, Kyeong-Soo
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.488-494
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the association of oral health of the elderly and oral health quality of life. The subjects of this study were 282 participants who received the fluoride application and the scaling service through program targeting elderly people carried out by a public health center located in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Data were collected from January 2011 to December 2011. The result of comparing subscale scores of quality of life related to oral health depending on socioeconomic characteristics showed that functional limitation scores were lower as educational level got higher. The result of comparing subscale scores of quality of life related to oral health depending on status of oral health and frequency of tooth brushing showed that quality in functional limitations, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability and handicap scores were lower as the number of cavities got more. The result of multiple regression analysis to identify the factors affecting the quality of life related to oral health showed that the number of cavities and installation of denture were significant variables. The results of this study showed that there was significant association of oral health status and oral health related quality of life of the elderly. In order to maintain the oral health related quality of life, it is important to keep many number of residual teeth even if a person gets older and to support the installation of dentures if necessary.