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KMID : 0362520080100010029
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Journal of The Korean Academy of Dental Hygiene
2008 Volume.10 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.38
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A Study on the Awareness of People in General about Oral Health and Oral Prophylaxis
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Kim Eun-Ju
Koo Min-Ji
Lee Sun-Mi
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of people in general about oral health and oral prophylaxis in an attempt to accentuate the importance of oral prophylaxis education, to improve that education and to promote national oral health. The subjects in this study were 318 people who visited the oral prophylaxis practice lab in the department of dental hygiene at this university. The findings of the study were as follows:
1. As for scaling, the largest number of the people investigated never had their teeth scaled, and just a very small group did that on a regular basis.
2. Concerning positive and negative perception about oral prophylaxis before training, the most
dominant positive view was that oral prophylaxis would make the mouth clean. The least common negative perspective was that oral prophylaxis provided by the practice lab would lag behind the same service offered by dental hospitals or clinics.
3. As to oral prophylaxis symptoms and feelings after training, the greatest group felt refreshed in the mouth.
4. Regarding any possible differences in their positive views by gender, both of the men and women had a significantly better opinion after training. In terms of negative perspective, there was no statistically significant change, but they took a less negative view after training was provided.
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