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KMID : 0355420230470020058
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2023 Volume.47 No. 2 p.58 ~ p.64
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Association between oral health status and school loss of adolescents
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Kim In-Ja
Lee Dong-Yeon
Oh Hyo-Won
Lee Heung-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between school loss due to dental disease and oral health status in adolescents.
Methods: The study participants were 881 adolescents (453 middle and 428 high school students).
Data were collected through a self-administered survey and oral examination. Chi-square test andt-test were used to analyze the association between school loss due to dental disease and oralhealth status, and multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the factors influencing schoolloss.
Results: Dental caries was the leading cause of school loss. School loss due to dental disease wasmore prevalent in the group with a higher number of carious teeth than in the group without dentalcaries. According to bivariate analysis, school loss due to dental disease was associated with toothache, gingival bleeding, maxillofacial trauma, and caries. When controlling demographic variables,gingival bleeding, maxillofacial trauma, and dental caries were associated with school absence.
Moreover, maxillofacial trauma was associated with school absence period up to 1 year.
Conclusions: Therefore, oral health status and school loss of adolescents are associated, and theimportance of oral health in adolescents should be emphasized.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescents, Dental caries, Dental diseases, Oral health, Schools
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