As the process of going with habituation of the necessary living attitude in order to promote oral health in research subjects, the necessity for incremental oral health care is being emphasized gradually. Accordingly, aiming at a change in the living attitude toward oral health care through sustainable intensification of incremental oral health care, it compared between before and after incremental oral health care in oral hygiene performance (dental plaque control), oral health knowledge, subjective oral health recognition, and oral health behavior, from August in 2009 to December targeting 47 children in 3 places of community child care centers in Dongjak-gu. Thus, the following conclusions were obtained.
1. Research subjects’ general characteristics included 34.0%, respectively for O center and S center, 32.0% for N center, 36.2% for boy students, 63.8% for girl students, 31.9% for lower graders (1~3th grade) and 68.1% for higher graders (4~6th grade). Oral health status included 61.7% for DMF rate, 35.1% for missed Dental Caries, and 1.6 piece for DMFT index averagely per 1 person.
2. As for comparison of oral health knowledge between before and after incremental oral health care in research subjects, the significant difference was indicated in all by institution, by school year, and by gender. In the item related to dental plaque and fluorine, a change in correct-answer rate was indicated to be high. The significant difference was shown.
3. As for subjective oral health recognition before and after incremental oral health care in research subjects, the significant difference was indicated in all by institution, by school year, and by gender. They are seen to have recovered self-confidence in their oral health through incremental oral health care.
4. As a result of comparing the oral health living practice between before and after incremental oral health care, all were indicated to have significant difference with toothbrushing frequency in 1.6~2.9 times, toothbrushing time in 1.5~2.7 minutes, and snack frequency in 2.7~1.9 times.
The oral hygiene performance was reduced to 26.9 from 54.0. The significant difference was shown.
5. A reason for research subjects’s no toothbrushing at community child care centers was indicated in order of ‘due to being troublesome to take toothbrush and toothpaste’ with 44.7%, and ‘because friends don’t perform (due to disliking to brush teeth just alone)’ with 34.0%, prior to incremental oral health care. The significant difference was shown in the higher graders compared to the lower graders. As for an attempt of improving environment such as securing
toothbrushing time at community child care centers through incremental oral health care, there wasn’t significant difference after incremental oral health care. However, a reason for no toothbrushing was reduced. The response as saying that ‘brushing teeth mostly’ was increased to 40.4.
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