• 치위생과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2022

Background: In this study, we investigated the changes and factors that affect daily health behaviors due to COVID-19 among adolescents. We intend to provide basic data so that a systematic and comprehensive health education program that includes physical and oral health can be made. Methods: This study was a secondary data analysis of the from the 2019 and 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. A final sample of 112,251 participants was anlayzed using chi-square test, and ordinal logistic regression. Results: In the case of tooth brushing, the frequency of 'never' increased in most general characteristics compared to before COVID-19. In the case of handwashing, it was found that handwashing behavior increased (increased) after COVID-19 compared to before COVID-19. As a result of confirming the factors affecting tooth brushing behavior before and after COVID-19, it was found that girls brushed teeth 2.2 times more regularly after lunch than boys. As a result of adjusting all other factors, regular tooth brushing behavior after COVID-19 was reduced by 0.79 times compared to before COVID-19. Conclusion: It is judged that it is necessary to operate a comprehensive health management program in the school so that the most basic tooth brushing for oral health and handwashing for health can become a habit. In addition, by confirming the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on handwashing and tooth brushing behavior through this study, it is expected to be used in the development of policy data such as raising awareness of brushing and improving behaviors applicable in the current and upcoming new pandemic situations.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.518-527
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 초등학교 양치교실사업의 효과를 평가하고 추후 효과적인 사업 운영을 위한 개선방안 마련의 기초자료로 활용하고자, 2011년에 양치교실을 설치하여 운영 중인 강릉시 P초등학교 학생을 대상으로 양치교실 설치 후 구강건강행태 및 구강증상경험 수준의 변화를 확인하였다. 1. 모든 군에서 칫솔질 및 식습관에 대한 구강건강지식 문항의 정답률과 구강건강에 대한 바른 인식률은 낮은 수준이었고, 실험군 저학년의 자신의 구강건강수준을 매우 건강 또는 건강하다고 생각하는 비율은 양치교실 설치 직후 35.7%에서 6개월 후 48.9%로 증가하였다(p=0.031). 2. 학교에서 점심식사 후 매일 칫솔질 실천율은 실험군 저학년에서는 1차 조사 시 53.5%에서 6개월 후 2차 조사 시 35.5%로 18.0% 감소하였고, 6개월 후 3차 조사 시에는 비슷한 수준(35.4%)으로 유지되었으며(p<0.001), 고학년에서는 2차 조사(42.1%)에 비해 3차 조사(35.1%) 시 소폭 감소하였다(p<0.001). 대조군의 매일 칫솔질 실천율은 실험군 3차조사 결과와 비교하였을 때 저학년 28.6%, 고학년 6.0%로 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났다(p=0.007, p<0.001). 3. 실험군과 대조군에서 점심식사 후 매일 칫솔질하지 않는 이유로 이 닦는 것을 깜빡 잊어버렸기 때문으로 응답한 비율이 가장 높게 나타났다. 4. 구강증상경험률은 실험군 고학년의 치통경험을 제외한 모든 증상에서 1차 조사에 비해 6개월 후 2차 조사 시 경험률이 소폭 감소하였으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았고, 고학년의 입냄새 경험률은 2차 조사 시 실험군 14.7%에 비해 대조군 25.3%로 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(p=0.016). 5. 실험군에서 양치교실을 이용할 때 대부분 보건 선생님이 지도해 주는 것으로 나타났고, 양치교실 이용 시 불편한 점으로 양치교실의 위치가 멀리 떨어져 있는 것과 양치교실이 좁아서 복잡하거나 혼잡하다고 응답하였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 양치교실 설치사업을 통한 환경 개선의 효과를 지속적으로 유지하기 위해서는 학생의 적극적인 참여, 선생님의 관리감독 강화, 지역사회 협력체계 구축 등을 통한 지속적인 모니터링이 이루어져야 하며, 구강보건교육 및 양치교실 설치사업이 다양한 건강증진전략과 통합하여 운영될 때 지역사회 아동 청소년 건강증진을 위한 통합건강증진사업으로도 확대될 수 있을 것으로 기대할 수 있겠다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2016

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the cumulative dental caries rate of pit and fissure sealant in community public health program from 2005 to 2008 follow-up. Methods: The subjects were 4,768 students of 34 elementary schools in Gimcheon. The survey included direct oral examination and cumulative retention rate of pit and fissure sealant from 2005 to 2008. Data were analyzed using PASW statistical package version 18.0 and the level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results: The cumulative retention rate of sealant was 18%, 25%, and 33% after 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years, respectively. In addition, the cumulative retention rate of lower teeth was higher than that of upper teeth. Cumulative dental caries rate increased in sealed group and no sealed group. The cumulative dental caries rate decreased owing to tooth brushing frequency in sealed group and no sealed group. Conclusions: Regular and timely tooth brushing can maintain good oral health condition after tooth sealing. The school based oral health education can prevent loss of sealant and secondary caries.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2017

Purpose : This study was conducted to improve cognitive oral healthcare care by analyzing the correlation between oral health behavior and oral health status Korean adolescents. The subjects were 65,528 youths in 798 schools monitored in the Twelfth Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey in 2016. Methods : The general characteristics consisted of 9 items including sex, grade, and academic performance. The academic performance and economic status were restructured into "upper, middle, lower". Subjective health perception and subjective oral health perception were reorganized as "health", "normal", "no health". The sub-areas of oral health behavior include five times of daily brushing during the day yesterday. The number of brushing times was "0", "1-2", "3", "more than 4" After lunch at school, brushing was restructured as "always," "sometimes," "not." The oral health status subscale consisted of 6 items including tooth breakage and toothache at the time of eating. Result : Tooth fracture(43.7 %), pain in mastication(43.7 %), tooth tingling(47.4 %), gum pain and bleeding(45 %), pain in buccal mucosa(43.8 %) and halitosis(46.6 %) were rare in adolescent having healthy oral health status cognitively(P<.001). Nosymptom adolescents without dental sealant showed low tooth fracture(0.64 times), pain in mastication(0.67 times), tooth tingling(0.59 times), gum pain and bleeding(0.84 times), pain in buccal mucosa(0.76 times), and halitosis(0.90 times). Nosymptom adolescents without scaling showed low tooth fracture(0.88 times), pain in mastication(1.03 times), tooth tingling(0.82 times), gum pain and bleeding(0.64 times), pain in buccal mucosa(0.70 times) and halitosis(0.82 times). Conclusion : This study revealed that oral health status is correlated with oral health behavior. Development of educational media and program, and aggressive promotion required to establish oral health Korean adolescent.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.187-199
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• 2020

Background: Korean dental hygienists perform various tasks under the supervision of dentists in addition to the tasks listed in the law. Many meaningful studies have been conducted to determine the actual tasks of dental hygienists, but these studies did not show common results due to the differences in research methods or designs. Hence, this study aimed to review the reported data on the tasks of dental hygienists in Korea and to clarify them based on a systematic literature review. Methods: For the literature search, the COre, Standard, and Ideal model presented by the National Library of Medicine was referenced. Seven databases were searched for literatures published in Korea, including PubMed, and Google Scholar. Of the 352 studies found using key words, titles, and abstracts, 46 were finally extracted based on the first and second exclusion criteria. After confirming the tasks of Korean dental hygienists in 46 literatures, 136 tasks were listed and calculated as appearance rate in the literature. Results: The most common tasks in 46 studies were fluoride application (67.2%), radiography (65.4%), scaling (65.4%), sealant (60.7%), patient management and counseling (56.7%), tooth-brushing education (52.2%), impression taking with alginate (50.1%), and making temporary crowns (47.9%). The most mentioned tasks of dental hygienists in public health centers were fluoride application (100%), sealant (100%), oral health education (71.4%), public oral health program evaluation (71.4%), school fluoride mouth-rinsing program (71.4%), water fluoridation (57.1%), tooth-brushing education (57.1%), school oral health programs (57.1%), and public elderly oral health programs (57.1%). Conclusion: This study showed that Korean dental hygienists had 136 tasks by reviewing 46 related studies and that the main job of Korean dental hygienists was oral disease prevention including scaling, sealant, and fluoride application.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to provide resources to develop oral health education programs to make schoolchildren be able to do oral care behaviors voluntarily by analyzing the factors affecting elementary school students's oral health behaviors. Methods : A self administered questionnaire based survey was conducted with 233 students (117 boys, 116 girls) of sixth graders at Gyeonggi Province from September 1st to October 2nd, 2012. Researchers explained to willing participants the purpose of this study and then, asked respondents to complete their own questionnaire. A total of 233 questionnaires were properly completed while 7 questionnaires had insincere sections and were thus excepted. Results : 1. Children's higher level of oral health-related knowledge have more positive oral health attitudes(p=0.000) and oral health behaviors(p=0.001). 2. The higher oral health behavior mothers have, the more students have oral health knowledge and better oral health attitude, the higher the oral health behavior children have(p<0.01). 3. Students' positive attitude towards oral health(${\beta}$=0.548, p=0.000) and Mother's more attention to Oral check after tooth-brushing(${\beta}$=-0.149, p=0.005) were associated with children's sound dental health behaviors. Conclusions : The findings of this study suggest that the oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviors are associated with students' oral health behavior. Thus, effective support in oral health education, is need to be enhanced among the elementary school students rather than only focus on conveying knowledge to them. Since, mother's oral health-related knowledge and attitudes on the tooth-brushing behaviour and dental health of their children influence on child's oral health, the development of Comprehensive oral health education program into the mother and child needs to be carried out.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2008

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long term effects of school-based oral health program on the decrease of dental caries among elementary school children. Methods: The subjects of this study were total 283 students of one elementary school in Deagu, Korea. They had received school-based oral health programs more than one year since 2004. This school-based oral health program included regular oral examination, fluoride mouthrinsing, pit-and-fissure sealing, APF gel application, tooth brushing instruction and chewing the xylitol tablets. The subjects' oral health status were examined and calibrated by a dentist every year from 2004 to 2007. Results: The change of DMFT index were as follows: (1)The subjects who entered the school at 2004 - 0.32(2004), 0.25(2005), 0.25(2006) and 0.38(2007), (2)the subjects who entered the school at 2005 - 0.18(2005), 0.31(2006) and 0.32(2007), and (3)the subjects who entered the school at 2006 - 0.19(2006) and 0.27(2007). Conclusions: This study partially showed the effects of school-based oral health programs on the increments of dental caries. This programs should be expanded widely among elementary schools in Korea.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2018

본 연구목적은 중학생의 건강요인 식습관이 구강증상에 미치는 영향을 분석하고자 제13차(2017년) 청소년건강행태 온라인조사자료를 이용하여 30,885명을 대상으로 분석하였다. 건강요인 식습관이 구강증상에 미치는 영향요인을 로지스틱 회귀분석한 결과 치아통증 증상과 잇몸통증 증상에서는 학업성적, 스트레스가 높은 경우, 일일잇솔질횟수, 가공육류의 미섭취에서 통증 인지가 높았고 통계적으로 유의하였다. 구취증상에서는 스트레스가 높은 경우와 일일잇솔질횟수가 적을수록 구취증상을 높게 인지하였고 통계적으로 유의하였다. 본 연구로 중학생의 건강요인 식습관은 구강증상에 영향을 주는 것을 알 수 있었고, 이러한 구강증상을 예방할 수 있는 구강보건교육프로그램 개발에 도움을 주고자 한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.999-1007
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• 2015

Objectives: The objective of the study is to investigate oral health behavior and oral health education experience in Korean adolescents from the ninth(2013) web-based survey of Korean youth risk behavior. Methods: The subjects were 72,435 students through the ninth 2013 web-based survey of Korean youth risk behavior conducted by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Korea Centers for Disease Control. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographical characteristics of the subjects, oral health behavior, and oral health education experience. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 program. Results: Oral health education had much influence on tooth brushing after lunch, oral cavity disease prevention, sealants, fluoride application, scaling experience, and consumption of vegetables, milk, carbonated soft drinks, noodles, and snacks. The oral health education had a great impact on those who took good oral health behavior into action. Conclusions: It is very important and necessary to develop the continuing effective oral health education program for the adolescents and make them tale into action.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.607-616
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• 2010

Objectives : This study was performed to enhance a rate of Using oral clinic and to search related factors of using oral clinics. Methods : The subjects of the study were 74,698 subjects who answered to the 2007 korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based survey. Answers of 73,836 subjects were used for the final analysis. We used spss of version 12.0. This study conducted a Chi-square test to identify using oral clinics rate according to characteristics of subjects and a multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify whether they are independently significant. Results : Tooth scaling experiences were responded by 10,060 subjects(25.6%). Grade and metropolis, economic level had significant associations with using oral clinic experiences. The rate of using oral clinic showed significant difference in point, depending on general characteristics. Their oral health showed significant difference in point between using oral clinic experience and non-experience groups. According to the multiple logistics regression analysis whose significant independent variables were sex, grade, metropolis, economic level, blooding gum, tooth brushing, oral malodor. Conclusions : The policy is needed to prevent economic constraints from worsening oral health by supporting the poor. And our government should eventually prepare a public relation program suitable for public.