Correlation between oral health status and smoking in soldiers (군인의 흡연행태에 따른 구강건강상태)

song-sook kim (김송숙); YOON-SHIN KIM (김윤신); JUNG MEE HEE (정미희); shim hyung soon (심형순)

doi:10.13065/jksdh.2014.14.03.327

Correlation between oral health status and smoking in soldiers

Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2014, 14(3), pp.327~332
DOI : 10.13065/jksdh.2014.14.03.327
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

song-sook kim ¹, YOON-SHIN KIM ², JUNG MEE HEE ³, shim hyung soon ⁴

¹신한대학교
²한양대학교
³수원과학대학
⁴광주보건대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives : The purpose of the study is to investigate the self awareness of oral health,dental calculus and gingivitis according to smoking in soldiers. Methods : A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 601 soldiers in Jeonnam militaryunit from April 7 to 23, 2013. The screening for oral examination was performed in the soldiers. The data were analyzed for frequency analysis and chi-square test by using SPSS 21.0 program. Results : The self awareness of smoking on oral health accounted for 27.0% in good statusin nonsmokers, 23.5% of the past smokers answered good, and 16.5% of the smokers answeredgood. Approximately, 68.7% had dental calculus(p<0.05). The smokers tended to have moregingivitis than the nonsmokers and the past smokers(p<0.05). Conclusions : Smokers had low level of self awareness of oral health than the nonsmokersand the past smokers.

KEYWORDS

dental calculus, gingivitis, self awareness of oral health, smoking, soldier

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