This study was carried out in order to utilize it as basic data in adults’ oral management by grasping influence of life style upon oral health in adolescent students and by removing risk factors in continuous oral-health management of adults, who make independent life alone. The subjects in this study were 465 adolescent students in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do on whom a self-administered survey was conducted.
The findings of the study were as follows:
1. Among oral health care methods, the toothbrushing method was surveyed to be 39.4% for turning a wrist in teeth and gum. The toothbrushing frequency was surveyed to be 44.7% for 3 times a day. Regular checkup was surveyed to be 78.3% for not receiving it.
2. Out of attitudes toward oral health, the average score as saying that oral health is important was 3.91 points. The evaluation on own oral condition was averagely 3.14 points. The necessity for scaling was 3.58 points. The effect of oral examination was 3.96 points.
3. As for oral health knowledge, the respondents who know all of 5 preventive methods accounted for 6.9%. The respondents who know 4 kinds accounted for 8.6%. As for periodontal disease symptom, the respondents who know all of 4 kinds accounted for 12.7%.
It was surveyed to be 26.5% for respondents who received oral health education, 92.5% for respondents who say the necessity for oral health education, and 37.6% for respondents as saying of being willing to participate in education.
4. As for regular checkup among oral health care methods according to a living type, 20.2% of students who live at home responded as saying of receiving regular checkup. 12.4% of students who live independently responded as saying of receiving regular checkup. Thus, it was analyzed that there is significant difference between two groups (p<0.05).
5. As a result of analyzing the influence in enforcement of oral health education upon oral health consciousness, the group who received oral health education showed significant difference on items in necessity for scaling (p<0.01) and in effect of oral examination (p<0.01).
6. A coping method given occurrence of a problem within the mouth of a student who lives independently was analyzed to have significant difference in the item of regular checkup (p<0.01).
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