ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MAIN COlORS OF SCHOOL ChILDREN'S DRAWINGS OF DENTAL TREATMENT SITUATION AND THEIR ANXIETY |
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초등학교 아동의 치과치료장면 그림의 주조색과 불안도의 연관성에 관한 연구 |
조중한, 이광희, 김대업, 배상만 |
원광대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 |
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Abstract |
The purpose of the study was to observe the association between the main colors of school children's drawings of dental treatment situation and their dental anxiety. The subjects of study were 688 school children from 2nd to 4th grade. Caries experience was investigated by oral examination. Questionnaire survey was done regarding children's attitude toward the dentist and dental treatment and their experience of pain and fear during the dental treatment. Colors with high frequency of use were green, blue, yellow, orange, pink, purple, gray, brown, yellow ochre, red, white, and black in order. Boys used green and blue, and girls used yellow and orange, more than each other. As the grade increased, white, yellow, and blue increased and brown decreased. Colors with high dental anxiety level were black, brown, red, white, blue, orange, yellow and green, yellow ochre, gray, pink, and purple in order, and the upper four represented 10.5% of the subjects. Children with high decayed teeth rate had a tendency to use colors of high dental anxiety level. Black color had the most obvious association with the pain and fear of dental treatment. |
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