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KMID : 0355420020260040495
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2002 Volume.26 No. 4 p.495 ~ p.507
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Knowledge and attitude of students´ parents on school -based incremental dental care in middle size of urban -community
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to clarify and eliminate the obstacles in developing the incremental dental care programs. The author had reported the results of investigating and analysing the knowledge and attitude on school-based incremental dental care programs of 955 students´ parents in middle size of urban community. A Questionnaire was used to interview 955 students´ parents in Sunchon. The data were analysed by age and gender.
The results obtained and conclusions discussed were as follows ;
1. Most of students´ parents have a little knowledge on school-based incremental dental care programs.
2. They got the informations about school-based incremental dental care programs mostly through their children and mass media, not through dentists.
3. After listening to the explanation about school-based incremental dental care programs, an absolute majority of them accepted that their children received school-based incremental dental care.
4. The majority of them agreed that school-based incremental dental care programs should be supported by social security.
5. The main obstacle in developing school-based incremental dental care programs was the poor knowledge of parents and dentists about them.
6. The more education about oral health care system is needed in dental college education for general dentist.
7. As a part of social and school education it should be developed immediately the school-based oral health education about school-based incremental dental care.
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