As the economic level improves with the dietary habits changing, we need to be reaware of the oral hygienics, while an oral hygienic education program is urgently required for correct oral hygienic behaviors. With such basic conceptions in mind, this study was aimed at testing the correlations between ordinary people’s belief thereof and their oral hygienic behaviors and thereupon, providing for some basic data useful to correct guidance of ordinary people’s desirable oral hygienic behaviors, emphasis on need and importance of an oral hygienic education, designing and implementing of adequate oral hygienic education programs.
For this study, the researcher sampled each district from 4 spheres of Seoul (eastern, western, southern and norther spheres) and then, resampled 2 dongs (unit administrations) from each district, and thereupon, divided their residents aged between 20 and 49 into age groups at the intervals of 5 years.
Thus, the researcher personally visited the areas where it would be deemed most probable to meet the subjects people most evenly distributed by age group to conduct a questionnaire survey from February 8 through March 28, 2006. In this course, the researcher attempted to sample the subjects from the job groups as much diversified as possible, while abstaining from sampling more than 4 or 5 people from the same area, in order to maintain an effective representation of the sample. Out of 1,885 people sampled, 1,178 subjects responded to the survey, and the final sample of 1,014 responses excluding those insincere one was used for the analysis.
The questionnaire consisted of a total of 61 question items; 31 items, which were prepared by
modifying and complementing Oh Yun-bae’s scale of subjective oral hygienics, could be categorized into 6 groups (perceived sensitivity, seriousness, impediment, usefulness, self-efficacy and motivation).
25 items were about oral hygienic behaviors (dental treatment, removal of odontolith, regular dental check, teeth-brushing methods, dietary habits, smoking and drinking habit, harmful oral habits, etc.), and 5 items were about subjects’demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, academic background and job).
The collected data were encoded to be analyzed using the SPSS Windows 10.0 for frequency analysis of subjects’demographic variables, Chi-square test, T-test, ANOVA and multiple regression analysis of subjects’knowledge of oral hygienics, their belief in oral hygienics and their oral hygienic behaviors.
The significance levels were determined by means of Chi-square test.
The results of this study can be summarized as follows;
1. Wes survey all ages were very high ‘perceived usefulness’it was to belief in oral hygienics, the
‘motivation’were very low. Prevention of the oral cavity for behaviors a removal of odontolith and
teeth-brushing methods, were high perceived usefulness as possible used to oral hygienics support supplies.
2. 53.7% of all respondents answered as“ average”for the question concerning oral hygienic condition.
According as age increase, the frequency of visit a dentist increased as well, The respondents visited dental offices for regular removal of odontolith and treatment of decayed teeth.
3. The survey showed that dental floss is used most frequently as an oral hygiene supplement. In
addition, 15.2% of all respondents received a regular odontolith removal (once a year)
4. The survey demonstrated that people in their 20s preferred sweets and snack, while all ages showed dispreferrence of hard and dry food in terms of eating habit.
5. In terms of smoking habit, the survey demonstrated that men are more likely to smoke for a longer period of time than women.
6. The survey showed that both male and female have harmful oral habit of‘ mouth-breathing’.
As discussed above, it was confirmed through this study that ordinary people’s belief in oral hygienics were significantly correlated with their oral hygienic behaviors. That is, poorer belief in oral hygienics did not affect the desirable oral hygienic behaviors, but high belief in oral hygienics resulted in desirable oral hygienic behaviors
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