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KMID : 0858820090260010117
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2009 Volume.26 No. 1 p.117 ~ p.128
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Effect of Mother’s Education Level on Prevalence of Dental Caries among Preschool Children: Analysis of Korea National Oral Health Survey 2006
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Jung Youn
Kim Soo-Jin
Kim Kyung-Nam
Kang Soo-Jin
Doh Soon-Ja
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of mothers´ education attainment on prevalence of dental caries among their preschool children.
Methods: Data were obtained from the third 2006 Korea National Oral Health Survey. A total of 515 preschool children aged 2 to 7 years and their mothers were selected in this study. We used mother’s education level as her socioeconomic position and controlled children’s tooth brushing frequency, tooth brushing before bed, the frequency of eating snack, and the preventive dental visit. Whether children experienced dental caries or not and the number of decayed or filled or missing tooth surface they had were used as outcome variables.
Results: The proportion of children affected with dental caries was 46.21%. The mother’s education level affected children’s caries significantly (p<0.05) and children whose mother attended less than high school had more possibility of having caries than children whose mother graduated from college or more (p<0.05). This effect was still significant and got larger(p<0.05), even after controlling children’s dental health behavior.
Conclusion: This study showed that mother’s education level affected the prevalence of caries among their preschool children. In addition, this result indicated a need for more definite policy for children’s dental health in lower socioeconomic class with general dental education.
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KEYWORD
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Health inequality, Dental caries, Education level, Dental health
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