KMID : 1002420090100020085
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Journal of Korea Society for School Health Education 2009 Volume.10 No. 2 p.85 ~ p.94
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Regional Daycare Center Teachers¡¯ Dental Health Perception and Dental Control status in Daegu Metropolitan City
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Jun Sung-Hee
Jung Myung-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to improve dental health regarding behavior and understanding of dental health of day care teachers by analyzing actual dental health state.
Methods: This study was performed from October 1 to October 30, 2008 for 194 teachers who worked at nurseries in Daegu.
Results: In the toothbrushing recognition, 42.3% of the said that tooth brushing after eating is necessary but only 26.3% had the children bush teeth. They did not have the children brush the teeth because they did not have enough time. Many teachers (75.3%) said that dental caries could be prevented. But only 4.1% of them said that fluorine is effective for the prevention of dental caries. The preschool teachers had dental health education experience, better understood the importance of dental health education than those who did not have(p < 0.05).
Conclusion: The preschool teachers who had dental health education better recognized the importance of dental health education.
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KEYWORD
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Dental health condition, Dental health recognition, Preschool teachers
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