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KMID : 1022120200220040179
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Health and Welfare
2020 Volume.22 No. 4 p.179 ~ p.195
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The Effects of Unmet Dental Needs of Mongolian Parents on Dental Care Utilization of Children
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Cho Han-A
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Abstract
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Mongolia is a country with a high prevalence of dental caries and is striving to improve the oral health of the public through the implementation of the national health program. Under this background, this study was conducted to determine whether unmet dental needs as factors related to oral health of Mongolian parents affect children's dental care utilization. In February 2020, a survey was conducted on 294 parents of private elementary schools in the Kanul area of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. As a result of the study, it was found that parents' unmet dental needs did not affect their children's dental care utilization (P>0.05). The children of parents who do not have unmet dental needs were found to have a higher number of visit to the dentist: 1.2 times for preventive treatment, 2.3 times for conservative treatment, 1.7 times for periodontal treatment, 1.3 times for oral surgery, and 1.5 times for orthodontic treatment. On the other hand, children of parents with unmet dental needs were found to have a high number of visits to the dentist: 1.9 times for conservative treatment, 1.4 times for oral surgery, and 1.7 times for orthodontic treatment. Since parents' oral health-related influences affect their children's oral health, effective and systematic interventions should be considered not only by children but also by families at the government level to improve the oral health of children. It is necessary to closely examine this influence through repeated measurements such as panel surveys in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Dental care utilization, Mongolia, Oral health status, Unmet dental needs
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