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KMID : 1020220140140010001
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2014 Volume.14 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.8
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Awareness towards oral health environmental changes and oral health in smokers and non-smokers in soldiers
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Kim Han-Sol
Shin Bodeumee
Goh Eun-Ju
Kim Si-On
Jo Hyo-Sun
Park Sung-Eun
Kang Jae-Kyoung
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the awareness towards oral health environmental changes and oral health in smokers and non-smokers in soldiers.
Methods: Data were obtained from 350 soldiers serving at Unit M in Gwangju and Gyeonggi-do and ROTC candidates at University Y in Gyeonggi-do from April 28 to May 5, 2013. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS 12.0 program and a significant level was set at 0.05.
Results: Non-smokers had more knowledge on tooth staining or gum diseases than smokers(p<0.05). The awareness towards the causes of oral cancer was not much different between the smokers and the non-smokers. The soldiers having dental health education tended to smoke less than those who had no education(p<0.05). The awareness towards individual oral health revealed no difference between the smokers and the non-smokers. Non-smokers had higher subjective knowledge on of the importance of the oral health, smoking influence on the oral health, and secondhand smoking impact on the health(p<0.05).
Conclusions: The oral health education by the dental hygienists is very important in the military camps. Non-smokers tended to have higher knowledge on oral health than the non-smokers.
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KEYWORD
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awareness, non-smoker, oral health environment, oral health education, smoker, soldiers
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