• 치위생과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.140-149
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• 2021

Background: The aim of these two (pre COVID-19 pandemic) public health studies in Amsterdam were to promote the profession of the oral hygienist and to increase oral health care awareness among (pregnant) women and young mothers, who were visitors of public consumer's exhibitions. Methods: Two cross-sectional studies were carried out. In 2018, during the first study, 1,765 visitors of the Household Fair completed a questionnaire. In 2020, during Study 2, 304 visitors of the Nine-Month Fair completed a semi-structured online questionnaire. At both fairs a team of 'outspoken' oral hygienists, i.e., members of the Foundation 'Goed Gebekt', provided the visitors with tailored advices about general health related to adults, mothers', and their children' oral health, using natural routine interviewing, that was based on their own professional daily practical experience. Results: In Study 1, just over half (53.5%) of a total of 1,742 visitors, (85.7% female) was younger than 45 years old. In Study 2, 210 visitors with a mean age of 30.7 years were included. Most women reported their self-perceived oral health as 'good' (mean=8.0, standard deviation=1.3; range 3~10). Qualified (self) employed oral hygienists seem to be known among the visitors, but still only visited upon referral of the dentists. Up to the age of 18 reimbursements by the basic insurance is still unknown to the public. Conclusion: The Foundation 'Goed Gebekt' encourages other oral hygienists to make their own initiatives and experiences public and to share it. Public awareness is needed for oral health promotion and the development of optimally targeted interventions among (pregnant) women and young mothers by oral hygienists.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.753-762
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• 2020

Objectives: This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of changes in the oral environment of the elderly in long-term care facilities after the intake of Weissella cibaria. Methods: The test group ingested the W. cibaria strain Chonnam Medical University (CMU), and the control group ingested the control food. Of all randomized trial subjects, 62 were analyzed (32 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group). In this 8-week demographic study, we evaluated self-perceived halitosis, changes in halitosis, sensory test results, tongue plaque index scores, saliva buffering capacity, and the salivary flow rate. Results: The W. cibaria CMU intake in the elderly in long-term care facilities during the experimental period did not demonstrate statistically significant changes in the salivary flow rate. However, self-perceived halitosis, organoleptic test results, tongue plaque index scores, and salivary buffering capacity demonstrated statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups. These findings partially confirmed the beneficial effects of the W. cibaria CMU on the oral environment in the elderly. Conclusions: Research results on the role of probiotics in the oral cavity should be summarized, and utilization plans should be sought to obtain a clearer understanding of the clinical efficacy and related factors. The value of probiotic use may be high in improving the oral health of people by enabling treatment and prevention.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.877-885
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• 2010

Objectives : This study was carried out with the aim of utilizing it as basic data in a plan for oral health promotion by analyzing oral-health awareness in high school students of some districts in our country, and by analyzing physical, mental and social influential factors in oral health, through using OHIP(Oral Health Impact Profile). Methods : It surveyed by carrying out self-administered questionnaire research targeting 536 boy & girl high school students in the 1st and the 2nd grade at 3 high schools in some districts of Gyeonggi Province. Results : 1. As for experience of having not visited dental clinic, a case of having not visited accounted for 32.5%. On the other hand, a case of having visited accounted for 67.5%. As for the appearance of oral health education, only 2.8% responded as saying of having experience. 97.2% responded as saying of having not taken oral health education. 2. As for oral health state perceived by oneself, the response as saying of 'thinking it to be healthy' and that 'there is something wrong' showed the distribution of 34.1% that is the same ratio. As for oral health interest, a case of having a little interest(58.4%) or of being so much interested(12.5%) showed 70.9%. A case of having no special interest(24.8%) or of having no interest at all(4.3%) showed the level of 29.1%.3. As for oral health knowledge, the toothbrushing knowledge was the highest with 4.54 marks out of 6-point perfection. The toothbrush knowledge(4-point perfection) showed low point with 2.05 marks. 4. By gender, a case of men was high in OHIP(Oral Health Impact Profile) for the functional restriction and physical pain. On the other hand, in the remaining sphere, women were indicated to be high in OHIP. The statistically significant difference was indicated in the spheres such as physical pain, psychological discomfort, a drop in psychological ability, a drop in social ability, and social separation. 5. According to oral health state perceived by oneself, a case of thinking it to be healthy was indicated to be high in OHIP for every sphere. A case of thinking it to have gum disease was indicated to be low in OHIP for every sphere. The statistically significant difference was indicated in every sphere except the sphere of functional restriction. 6. As for a factor of having influence upon OHIP according to oral health knowledge, it was indicated that the higher toothbrush knowledge leads to having more influence upon OHIP. Conclusions : It could be known that the oral health knowledge and OHIP are varied as well according to the oral health interest level. Also, the oral health education proper for subjects is not being performed. Even as for frequency of visiting the dentist, a regular visit is failing to be made. In consideration of these points, the diversified and effective educational program is likely considered to be necessarily developed and improved that subjects can have more interest in oral health.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.440-448
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• 2013

전국 대표성 있는 표본조사인 청소년건강행태온라인조사를 활용하여 청소년의 스트레스와 구강건강관련 행태의 관련성을 살펴본 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 스트레스를 '대단히 많이' 또는 '많이' 느끼는 학생은 전체의 41.9%이며, 80% 이상이 스트레스를 경험하였다. 둘째, 경제상태가 상위계층일수록 연간 구강진료 경험, 간식 후 칫솔질, 잠자기 전 칫솔질 실천 가능성이 유의하게 높았다. 또한 어머니의 교육수준, 가족풍요도 척도가 높을수록 과일, 채소반찬, 우유의 섭취빈도, 연간 구강진료 경험이 높았다. 셋째, 스트레스가 높은 청소년은 과일, 채소반찬, 우유섭취 실천 가능성이 유의하게 낮았고, 탄산음료, 패스트푸드, 과자섭취는 유의하게 증가하였다. 또한 간식 후 칫솔질, 잠자기 전 칫솔질 실천 가능성이 유의하게 낮았다. 청소년의 구강건강에 위험요인으로 작용하는 생활습관들을 개선하는 데 있어 스트레스와 같은 사회심리적인 부분도 고려되어야 할 것이다. 또한 과도한 스트레스는 청소년의 부정적인 식습관을 조장하게 되므로, 청소년들의 적절한 스트레스 관리를 도모하고 과일이나 야채 등 섬유소가 풍부한 식품, 치아의 경조직 석회화를 촉진시키는 우유 및 유제품을 권장하며, 점착도가 높은 우식성 식품섭취는 감소시키기 위한 노력이 필요하다. 더불어 간식섭취 후 칫솔질 실천율은 21%로 낮아 이에 대한 교육도 강화할 필요가 있다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.347-352
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• 2008

본 연구는 노인들을 대상으로 구강건강교육프로그램(노인구강지킴이)의 효율성을 분석하고자 안양지역 노인복지센터를 이용하는 노인 451명을 대상으로 보조기입식 설문조사를 구강건강 교육 전 후 2차례 실시하였으며 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 전체 조사대상자의 주관적 구강건강상태가 좋지 않다고 인식한 비율이 구강교육을 받기 전 약 53.0%이었으나, 구강교육을 받은 후에는 약 44.5%로 나타나 구강건강상태가 나쁘다고 인식한 비율은 8.5%가 감소하였으며 구강건강 상태가 좋다고 느끼는 비율은 약 4.8%가 증가한 것으로 응답하였다. 2. 구강건강행태를 비교한 결과 "잇솔질 횟수", "구강건강교육 실천"의 경우 65세 이하의 여성에서 "정기적 구강검진"의 경우 76세-85세의 남성에서 높게 나타났으며, 교육 후 각 구강건강행태 변화정도는 남성의 경우에 "잇솔질 횟수"항목에서 가장 높은 증가를 보인 것으로 나타났으며 86세 이상에서 구강건강행태의 모든 항목에서 변화가 높게 나타났다. 3. 조사대상 노인들에 대한 구강건강상태에 따른 구강증상 발현정도를 비교한 결과 전체적으로 구강건강이 나쁠수록 구강증상을 자주 경험하는 것으로 나타났으나 교육 후 주관적 구강건강이 "아주 나쁘다"고 응답한 경우에서 발현빈도가 가장 많이 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 4. 구강건강교육의 효율성과 관련하여 구강건강교육 전 후를 비교한 결과 구강건강교육을 받은 후 구강건강관리 행태에 대한 실천내용을 실생활에서 잘 이행하고 있으며 구강건강교육 및 자신이 느끼는 구강건강행태에 대한 만족정도는 증가하였으며, 구강증상 발현정도는 낮아진 것으로 나타났다. 노인들의 건강한 구강유지에 구강건강교육이 중요한 역할을 하는 것이라 판단되며 노인들의 양호한 구강건강상태의 유지를 위하여 다양한 연령층을 대상으로 효율적이고 예방적인 구강건강증진프로그램개발 및 지속적인 교육이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.417-427
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to provide basic information about oral health behavior of dental technology department students. Questionnaire surveys were conducted for 925 dental technology department student. Their knowledge and attitude towards oral health and health education services utilization were surveyed. The results obtained were as follows; 1. Ever thought most of the students recognized that oral health was an important health issue, there were more subjects who lowly regarded the level of the perceived self-oral health knowledge than who regarded highly. Female students were negative on the state of their oral health than male students. 2. On the water fluoridation program, 52.2% of the respondents replied that they do know well about the program and 44.1% of them supported the execution of the program. Female students approved of fluoridation program than male students. 3. Number of mean tooth brushing was 2.71 times a day, the most frequently exhibited time of doing tooth brushing was after taking a breakfast or before going to bed. 4. The students who had experiences of visiting dental clinics for the past 1 year were 47.7% and the purpose of visiting dental clinics for the last time was to conduct caries treatment.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.239-248
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• 2015

본 연구는 우리나라 성인의 정신건강과 주관적 구강건강과의 관련성을 알아보고자 제5기(2012년) 국민건강영양조사를 이용하여 19세 이상 55세 이하의 성인 3,591명을 연구대상으로 하였다. 정신건강에 따른 주관적 구강건강의 위험도와 95% 신뢰구간은 다변량로지스틱회귀분석을 통해 산출하였으며, 주요결과는 다음과 같다. 본인인지 구강건강상태에서는 스트레스를 많이 받는 경우(OR=1.62; 95% CI=1.36-1.95), 치통경험에서는 2주 이상 연속 우울감이 있는 경우(OR=1.40; 95% CI=1.06-1.85), 저작불편호소경험에서는 정신문제상담 경험이 있는 경우(OR=2.31; 95% CI=1.28-4.18), 악관절 증상경험에서는 2주 이상 연속 우울감이 있는 경우(OR=1.83; 95% CI=1.39-2.42), 말하기 문제의 경우 정신문제 상담을 받은 경우(OR=4.80; 95% CI=2.10-10.94)에서 위험도가 가장 높게 나타났다. 따라서 스트레스인지, 우울증상 경험, 정신문제 상담경험이 주관적 구강건강과 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 성인의 정신건강을 고려한 구강건강 증진 프로그램을 개발한다면 두 가지 영역에 융합적으로 많은 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1250-1259
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• 2012

Objectives : TThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the oral health education experience of workers and their oral health awareness in an attempt to provide some information on corporate oral health education plans. Methods : The, subjects in this study were 230 workers in Busan and South Gyeongsang Province, on whom a self-administered survey was conducted from August, 2010, to June 18, 2011. A frequency analysis was carried out to grasp the general characteristics of the 205 respondents, and x2-test(p). Results : 1. As for the relationship of the oral health education experience of the workers and their awareness of toothbrush involving optimum toothbrush size, 47.4 percent of those without educational experience thought that a toothbrush should be large enough to cover about two teeth(p<.018). 2. Regarding the relationship between the oral health education experience of the workers and their awareness of fluoride, 59.1 percent of the respondents with educational experience perceived that dentifrice contained fluoride(p<.05). 3. Concerning the relationship between the oral health education experience of the workers and their awareness of periodontal diseases including the cause of the diseases, 43.6 percent of the respondents with educational experience(p<.021). 4. As to the relationship between the oral health education experience of the workers and their awareness of scaling, 50.2 percent of the respondents with educational experience and gingival diseases(p<.037). 5. In terms of the relationship between the oral health education experience of the workers and their awareness of toothbrushing involving toothbrushing frequency, 36.8 percent of those without it considered it necessary to do toothbrushing three times a day(p<.045). Conclusions : The above-mentioned findings illustrated that there were differences among the workers in oral health awareness according to their oral health education experience. Therefore the development of systematic oral health education programs is required to promote the oral health of workers.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to measure of dental impact on daily lining among workers. The number of subjects were 1.457 workes. To predict the oral health of workers, we used the measurement of dental impact on daily living. Using methodology was self-questionnaire which included the perceived oral health status, and performance, appearance, pain, eating restriction and discomfort. The associations between the performance factors and perceived oral health status, pain, eating restriction and discomfort, the results were as follows: 1. There were consisted of 48.3% of female. 63.1% of smokers. 92.3% of lower than 30years and 99.4% of graduating high school. 2. Measurement of daily impact on daily living were classified into the following 6 categories. Facter analysis for validity was carried out for corroboration. 3. Association between performance factors and other factors(pain, eating restriction and discomfort) were evaluated by multiple regression was significant(44%, p<0.01).

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.243-253
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• 2013

본 연구는 치위생과 학생과 일반 대학생들과의 비교분석을 통해 구강보건교육의 중요성을 알아봄으로써, 현재 구강보건관리를 책임지고 있는 인력들에게 시사점을 제공하고자 연구되어 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 첫째, 대학생들이 인지, 자각하고 있는 구강건강 특성을 살펴본 결과, 구강건강에 대한 관심(p<0.001), 구강건강의 중요도(p<0.01), 현재 학생들이 지각하는 구강건강 상태(p<0.01) 등의 모든 요인에서 치위생과 학생이 일반 학생들 보다 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 구강보건인식 수준은 치위생과 학생이 $4.41{\pm}0.62$점으로 일반 학생 $3.81{\pm}0.70$점보다 유의하게 높게 나타났으며(p<0.001), 구강보건실천 수준 역시 치위생과 학생이 $3.80{\pm}0.61$점으로 일반 학생 $3.33{\pm}0.57$점보다 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 이상의 결과에서 구강보건교육을 받은 경험이 있는 경우 구강보건인식과 실천 수준이 높고, 구강보건인식 수준이 증가할수록 구강보건실천 수준이 높아지는 것으로 나타나 대학생 시기에 적절한 구강보건교육이 실시되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.