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KMID : 0355419990230010045
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
1999 Volume.23 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.58
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Children's dental health status in relation to their mother's oral health knowledge and practices
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1최연희/1Youn Hee Choi
2서일/3권호근/4지선하/2Il Suh/3Ho Kwen Kwon/4Sun Ha Ji
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Abstract
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-Abstract-
The purpose of this study is to assess how mothers' oral health knowledge, practices
and sociodemographic factors influence on their children's dental health status. In
addtion, to evaluate the relative effect on the children's oral status, mothers' knowledge
and practices and children's tooth morphology will be compared. Children of grade 4 and
5 were selected at Kwachun elementary school. The total number was 440. The mothers
who responded the questionnaire of them were 329 through the self-administered
method. Data were collected by oral examination on children and questionnaire survey
on their mothers in May and November in 1997. Independent variables were mother's
knowledge and practices on oral health, sociodemographic factors, and children's tooth
morphology. Dependent variable was DMFS.
the results were as follows;
1. Mothers have known less concretely about the role and effect of fluoride than the
information of the periodontal disease. The more mothers know about the periodontal
disease, the less the number of children group who experience the tooth decay is
significant.
2. The average number of mothers' tooth brushing is 2.5(median : 2) and the average
number of dental visit a year for prevention is 0.5(median : 0). Mothers' practices to
prevent children's tooth decay were revealed ordinarily education of importance of oral
health, tooth brushing, limited sugar intake, dental visits. There were no significant
variables of mothers' practices and sociodemographics which affected on children's
DMFS.
3.Mothers' knowedge about the periodontal diseasehad statistically significant relationship
with the occurrence of children's tooth decay. It supports that mothers' oral health
knowledge playes an important role in preventing children's tooth decay. The middle
group of children's morphologic score in maxilla first molar had higher risk of dental
caries than the shallow one. The odds ratio was 3.4 and statistically significant. The
odds ratio of the deep group in mandible first molar was 2.1 but it was not statistically
significant(p=0.099). Standardized estimates of mothers' periodontal disease and children's
morphologic score are -0.34 and 0.32 respectively. It could imply the similar contribution
on the occurrence of tooth decay.
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