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This study investigates the effects of the working condition of most of workers in Korea on theirmouth. The subjects of the study include 87 office workers who work in 2 offices located in CheonAnand ASan City, Chungnam Province from February to May 2005 and they are asked to fill up thequestionnaire. Among the respondents, 7 are excluded because their questionnaires are not faithfullywritten; therefore, the final subjects of this study include 80 persons. The collected data are inputted andanalyzed using SAS program and the general characteristics of the respondents are described as realnumber and percentage. Categorical data are examined using Chi-Square test. Logistic analysis is used inorder to examine the variables that affect respondents’visit of dental clinics, the presence of scaling andbrushing the teeth before going to bed.The results of the study are as in the following.1. Among the respondents, male respon! dents are 67.5% and female counterparts are 32.5% and 93.7%of them are less than 40 who are relatively young.2. As a result of logistic analysis, the variables that affect the visit of dental clinics are gender, experienceof changing one’s position, presence of stress significantly.3. The results show that the female respondents (p=0.0492) and those who have the experience ofchanging their jobs (p=0.0246) are more likely to visit the dental clinics.4. The variables that affect the presence of scaling are significantly influenced by the variables such asthe experience of changing jobs and working hours a day. The more they have the experience ofchanging their jobs (p=0.0024) and the less they have working hours (less than 8 hours a day)(p=0.0187), the more they do scaling. One of the variables that affect the presence of brushing theteeth before going to bed is the marital status and married people do brush teeth before going to bedmore than unmarried people (p=0.0408).
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