Evaluation of oral health service program for disabled persons in Ulsan, Korea (울산광역시 장애인 구강진료사업의 성과 분석 : 초중고 학생을 중심으로)

Kim min ji (김민지); 전은주; Han, Dong-Hun (한동헌); Seung-Hwa Jeong (정승화); Jin-Bom Kim (김진범)

Evaluation of oral health service program for disabled persons in Ulsan, Korea

Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2013, 13(2), pp.297-303
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

Kim min ji ¹, 전은주 ¹, Han, Dong-Hun ², Seung-Hwa Jeong ¹, Jin-Bom Kim ¹

¹부산대학교
²서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oral health status of the disabled people in Ulsan. Methods : Two dentists taken a calibration training for national oral health survey examined the Oral health status on 110 disabled people in Ulsan, in 2009. The surveyed disabled people, 6 to 19 years old, have been supplied with the oral health care services by dentists, oral hygienists and volunteers at dental clinics of schools and a dental clinic supported from Ulsan Metropolitan City Nam-Gu Health Center since 1997. The obtained data from these surveys were analyzed with the SPSS statistical package. Results : Among subjects aged 12-14 years, DMF rate was 38.2%; Active D rate,17.6%; DMFT index, 1.15; DT rate, 33.33%; MT rate, 0.00%; FT rate, 66.67%. Oral heath status of disabled people in Ulsan were evaluated to be a similar level to the Ulsan non-disabled citizens from 2010 Korean National Survey. Conclusions : The oral health care programs for disabled people using voluntary dentists, oral hygienists and other workers in Ulsan are evaluated to be effective for the disabled people.

KEYWORDS

active D rate, disability, DMF rate, DMFT index, oral health care program

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