• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationship between hours of smartphone use and oral disease symptoms in Korean adolescents. Methods: In this study, data from the 2022 Youth Health Behavior Online Survey were used. The final analysis was conducted on students who responded that they have used a smartphone (N=50,375). Chi-squared test and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the relationship between oral disease symptoms and smartphone use time (p<0.05). Results: Consequent to examining the effect of smartphone use on oral disease symptoms, it was found that oral symptoms, such as pain during chewing and tingling throbbing, increased as smartphones were used for >4 h (p<0.05). Additionally, oral symptoms, such as gingivalgia bleeding and bad breath, appeared to increase as smartphones were used for >6 h (p<0.05). However, using smartphones for <0-2 h or 2-4 h had no effect on oral disease symptoms. Conclusions: In adolescents, oral disease symptoms increased significantly with increasing hours of smartphone use. Therefore, adolescents should be guided so that they use smartphones for <2 h or >4 h. Moreover, guidance on forming the habit of tooth brushing after eating food should be provided to prevent oral disease symptoms.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.479-484
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• 2014

Objectives : The aim of the study is to investigate the oral health knowledge, attitude and dental caries experience in Korean 12-year-old adolescents. Methods : The subjects were 2,196 adolescents living in Seosan, with an average age of 12.2 years. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from April 10 through June 10, 2011. A trained investigator made an oral examination of them in natural light, using a mirror and an explorer to determine their DMFT index. Results : The prevalence rate of dental caries of adolescents was 59.1%. The DMFT index of the subjects was 1.98, which was lower than the national mean of 2.2 for the same age. The DMFT index was significantly higher in the female(2.25) than the male group(1.72). The attitude of oral health was positively related to DMFT index in this study(OR=1.25; CI=1.01-1.54). It appears that knowledge and attitude concerning oral health, among young Korean 12-year-old adolescents living in Seosan, are in need of improvement. Conclusions : Based on the findings, dental caries experience is associated with attitude of oral health. This result suggests that the implementation of oral health promotion should be considered for various factors related to attitude of oral health in adolescents.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.125-138
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of gender in the association between the oral symptoms experience and health behavior. Methods: The subjects were 54,219 adolescents selected from the web-based survey of the 11th (2015) Korean Youth Risk Behavior of Korean Center for Disease Control. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The subjects consisted of 27,198 male students(50.2%) and 27,021 female students(49.8%) from 400 middle schools and 400 high schools. Results: Multiple logistic regression analysis after adjustment to demographic characteristics and oral health behavior showed experience with drinking and smoking in adolescents increased oral symptoms experienced by both male and female students (OR = 1.3, 95% CI = 1.20-1.34 / OR =1.3, 95% CI = 1.18-1.33), (OR = 1.3, 95% CI = 1.24-1.40 / OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 1.43-1.30). But the difference was not significant between genders. In terms of diet, consumption of carbonated beverages, snacks and fast food saw an increase in oral symptoms experience both gender compared with those whose "No(weekly)" in particular to women, alternatively vegetable, fruit consumption(weekly) were having less intake adolescents increase oral symptoms experience than "time daily(weekly)" intake adolescents both boy and girl especially to girl. Conclusions: There was a correlation between oral symptom experiences and health behaviors. There was also slight differences between genders, with more effect shown on female students. Based on this study, proper and systematic education of oral health management should be carried out at schools.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.777-789
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• 2019

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between oral health factors and suicidal ideation in adolescents in order to provide basic data for adolescent suicide prevention and oral health promotion. Methods: This study used data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey held in 2017, in which a total of 62,276 youth participated. Data were analyzed by SPSS Ver. 22.0. Complex logistic regression analysis was used to analyze oral health factors related to suicidal ideation. Results: The effects of oral health on male students' suicidal ideation were as follows: brushing teeth 2-3 times a day was associated with decreased suicidal ideation (p<0.01), while suicidal ideation was increased in individuals who had experienced scaling within the past year (p<0.001), or, among experiences of oral disease within the last year, had reported prickling and throbbing pain (p<0.001), pain on the tongue and inside the cheeks (p<0.001), or bad breath (p<0.001). The effects of oral health on female students' suicidal ideation were as follows: brushing teeth 2-3 times a day was associated with decreased suicidal ideation (p<0.001), while suicidal ideation was increased in individuals who, among experiences of oral disease within the last year, had reported pain when chewing (p<0.001), pain on the tongue and inside the cheeks (p<0.01), or bad breath (p<0.001). Conclusions: The above results demonstrate that adolescent suicidal ideation and oral health factors are correlated, and it will be necessary to incorporate oral health interventions when planning or developing projects and programs for suicide prevention in adolescents.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.505-512
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the oral health behavior in adolescents between multicultural and ordinary Korean families. Methods: The subjects were 66,797 adolescents who were derived from the web-based survey of the National 2014 Korean Youth Risk Behavior of Korean Center for Disease Control. A self-reported web-based questionnaire survey was carried out from June 1 to 30, 2013. A multicultural family is defined as the immigrant mother and child in the study. The variable included demographic, socioeconomic, and oral health related behavior. The demographic characteristics included sex, age, residence area, subjective academic achievement, type of family, education of parents, subjective economic status, and nationality before marriage. Data were analyzed by PASW statistics 18.0. Results: Tooth brushing frequency was closely related to family type, age, residence area, academic achievement, residential type, education level of the parents, and economic status. Conclusions: It is necessary to support oral health services and oral health promotion programs for the adolescents in the multicultural family.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.567-573
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• 2021

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the association between the oral health behavior of adolescents, symptoms of awareness and subjective happiness. Methods: This study is the 16th (2020) primitive self-administered survey that is completed using data on youth health behavior 54,948 to finally select people. Acomposite sample analysis was performed using SPSS window program 21.0. A chi-square test was performed tocompare subjective happiness according to the general characteristics of the subjects, oral health behavior, and awareness symptoms. Logistic regression analysis of the subjective happiness factor was the impact on composite samples. Results: Oral health is a subjective factor that affects happiness. Happiness was found to be 1.479 times higher when participants brushed their teeth more than three times a day and 1.175 times higher when they brushed after lunch. However, subjective happiness was 0.901 times lower when the awareness symptoms of pain was experienced, 0.843 times lower when there was tingling and throbbing, and 0.841 times lower when there was gingival pain. Conclusions: It is necessary to develop and guide various activity programs so that youth oral health education and subjective feelings of happiness can be improved to promote oral health.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.485-492
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify factors related to unmet dental care needs among Korean youth, enhance the utilization of dental services by adolescents, furnish basic data for youth-oriented dental projects, and improve access to medical care. Methods: The analysis utilized combined data from the basic and oral databases from the 6th (2013-2015), 7th (2016-2018), and 1st year of the 8th (2019) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Results: The factors influencing unmet dental care needs were gender, age, household income level, and health insurance. Statistically significant results were observed in relation to the type of dental clinic, recent visits to a dental hospital, experiences of toothache within the past year, subjective oral health status, occurrences of permanent dental caries, and engagement in orthodontic treatment. Conclusions: When formulating future national policies and projects, it is imperative to consider the factors and underlying reasons for the unmet dental care needs of adolescents. It is also necessary to establish oral health policies and institutional measures tailored to the dental care of adolescents.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.133-144
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• 2016

Objectives : This study sought to identify the predisposing factors which influence the adolescent oral health enhancement behavior by analyzing controlling effects depending on the parents' oral health care behaviors in the relationship between the predisposing factors and adolescent behavior improvements which enhance oral health. Methods : A structured, self-administered questionnaire was given from July 6 through July 24, 2016. The collected data were analyzed with the SPSS 18.0 program. Results : Parents' oral health behaviors in terms of discipline and guidance showed a controlling effect in terms of importance (${\beta}$=.116) and benefits (${\beta}$=.133). In addition, the analysis showed that the parents' oral health care behavior had a controlling effect in terms of benefits (${\beta}$=.164) and susceptibility (${\beta}$=-.116). Conclusions : From the results of this study, the development of materials and education courses to lead to behavior changes are thought to be necessary in order to enhance the importance and benefits of the factors of oral health beliefs and to reduce psychological discomfort. Moreover, the role of parents with regard to desirable habits and beliefs to maintain oral health in their children is essential.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2008

2004년 보건복지부에서 시행한 전국 장애인 구강보건실태조사 자료 중 만 6-17세 사이의 소아 청소년 장애인 677명을 대상으로 하여 장애유형을 신체장애, 정신지체 및 감각장애로 분류한 후 이들의 치아우식증 실태를 파악하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 소아 청소년 장애인들의 전체 평균 우식경험영구치지수와 우식경험영구치면지수는 각각 3.06개 및 5.24면이었고, 각 연령대별 우식경험영구치지수와 우식경험영구치면지수는 6-8세는 0.90개 및 1.45면, 9-11세는 2.32개 및 3.76면, 12-14세는 3.63개 및 6.33면 그리고 15-17세는 4.93개 및 8.35면이었다. 또한 소아.청소년 장애인들의 우식경험영구치지수에 유의한 영향을 미친 변수로는 연령, 잇솔질 횟수 및 잇솔질 의존도 그리고 저작 및 기능장애이었다. 연령이 증가할수록(b=1.34, p<0.001), 잇솔질 횟수가 적을수록(b=-0.27, p=0.034), 잇솔질을 자력으로 하는 경우에(b=-1.43, p<0.001), 그리고 구강 내에 저작 및 기능장애가 있는 경우에(b=1.24, p=0.011) 우식 경험영구치지수가 유의하게 높았다. 또한 우식경험영구치면지수에 유의한 영향을 미친 변수는 연령, 잇솔질 횟수 및 잇솔질 의존도로, 연령이 증가할수록(b=2.49, p<0.001), 잇솔질 횟수가 적을수록(b=-0.66, p=0.024) 그리고 잇솔질을 자력으로 하는 경우(b=-1.75, p=0.042)에 우식경험영구치면지수가 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 따라서 우리나라 소아 청소년 장애인들의 치아우식증의 진행과 중증도를 감소시키기 위해 각 연령대별로 보다 효과적인 잇솔질 교습을 포함한 구강건강증진 프로그램을 개발하여 적용하는 것이 필요한 것으로 사료되었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.259-268
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• 2014

2012년도에 실시된 제 8차 청소년 온라인 건강행태 조사자료에서 고등학교 3학년 학생 10,701명을 대상으로 치과 방문 경험과 구강증상의 연관성 분석을 하였다. 학업성적이 낮을수록 치아 깨짐을 더 경험하는 것을 알 수 있었고, 치아가 아픈 증상은 경제상태가 낮아질수록 더 경험하는 경향을 보였다. 치과방문의 주된 이유는 먹을 때 아픔과 쑤시고 욱신거림이었다. 구강증상의 점수와 성별, 경제상태, 치과방문 경험횟수는 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났다. 고등학생들의 구강상태를 지속적으로 향상시키기 위해서는 학교 구강보건실 설치가 필요하며 예방중심의 학교구강보건교육을 활성화하여 다양한 학교 구강보건교육 프로그램 개발과 함께 고등학생의 계속구강건강관리제도를 체계화해야 한다.