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Effects on the school dental clinic operation for children's oral health
Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr :
J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2010, 10(3), pp.495-502
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Dentistry
2010, 10(3), pp.495-502
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Dentistry
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Objetives : It tries to grasp whether the knowledge and attitude about the oral health of the school dental clinic operation school and non-operation school with 6 grade children in Daejeon Metropolitan City and the school dental clinic operation reaches any influence to the oral health of the child or not. Methods : The self-administered survey was performed for the school dental clinic operation group (201 people) and non-operation group (207 people) child 408 people from October 5th in 2009 until October 31st. By using the spss statistical program(VER 15.0), the statistical analysis performed the chi-square verification and t-test. Results :1. The knowledge degree about the oral health according to the oral health education is the health education experienced group 22.34±3.36 and non-experienced group 20.32±3.49 (p=0.000), and the attitude showed the health education experienced group 15.06±2.99 and non-experienced group 13.30±3.20, oral health education experienced group significantly higher in the knowledge and the attitude, there was statistically significant difference (p=0.000). 2. The knowledge degree about the oral health according to the school dental clinic operation is school dental clinic group 22.84±2.92 and non-school dental clinic group 20.83±3.73 (p=0.000), and attitude showed high the school dental clinic group as the school dental clinic group 15.48±2.75 and non-school dental clinic group 13.76±3.26, there was statistically significant difference (p=0.000). Conclusions : The knowledge degree and attitude about the oral health showed high in oral health education experience group and the school dental clinic group when looking at the result described in the above. It thinks that the school dental clinic group has to be expanded for the oral health promotion of the children.
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