DENTAL CARIES STATUS AND RELATED FACTORS AMONG DISABLED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT IN KOREA

Jeong, Seong-Hwa; Kim, Ji-Young; Park, Ji-Hye; Choi, Youn-Hee; Song, Keun-Bae; Kim, Young-Jin

Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2008;35(1):102-109.
Published online February 29, 2008.

DENTAL CARIES STATUS AND RELATED FACTORS AMONG DISABLED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT IN KOREA

Seong-Hwa Jeong¹, Ji-Young Kim², Ji-Hye Park¹, Youn-Hee Choi¹, Keun-Bae Song¹, Young-Jin Kim³

¹Department of Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University,
²Department of Dental Hygiene, Ulsan College
³Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University,

우리나라 소아.청소년 장애인의 치아우식증 실태와 관련요인

정성화¹, 김지영², 박지혜¹, 최연희¹, 송근배¹, 김영진³

¹경북대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
²울산과학대학 치위생과
³경북대학교 치과대학 *소아치과학교실

Correspondence: Keun-Bae Song, Tel: 053-660-6870, Email: kbsong@knu.ac.kr

Abstract

The aims of this study were to evaluate dental caries status and to analyze the dental caries related factors which could explain the relationship between dental caries and disabled type, severity of handicap, and oral health behaviors among disabled children and adolescent in Korea. A total of 677 subjects aged from 6 to 18 were finally selected by stratified cluster sampling. They were examined by 13 trained dentists and interviewed with questionnaire. For the crude and adjusted associations, bivariate and multivariate analysis were performed using SPSS program(SPSS Inc, Chicago, USA). DMFT index were 0.90(ages 6-8), 2.32(ages 9-11), 3.63(ages 12-14) and 4.93(ages 15-17), respectively. The DMFT index was significantly related to age, frequency and dependency of toothbrushing, and mastication and functional disorder. Specialized preventive care program which accounted the age and toothbrushing instruction be developed and adapted to promote oral health status and behaviors of disabled children and adolescent in Korea.

Key Words: Dental caries, Children/Adolescent, Disabled type, Oral health behavior, Oral function disorder