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KMID : 1023420130130040493
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2013 Volume.13 No. 4 p.493 ~ p.500
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Oral Health Status of Some Patients with Chronic Mental Illness in Korea
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Seo Hye-Yeon
Jeon Hyun-Sun
Park Su-Kyung
Park Ki-Chang
Jung Won-Gyun
Mun So-Jung
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Abstract
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The study aims to determine the status of oral health of mental illness patients and establish the preliminary data. The examinations and questionnaire survey were done 92 psychiatric patients to measure sociodemographic characteristics, decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index, patient hygiene performance (PHP) index, community periodontal index of treatment need (CPITN). Result of the missing teeth index in the state of oral health was higher in the hospital group (6.42) while the filled teeth index was higher in the center group (4.78). In the DMFT index, mental illness patients were higher than the national sample. The oral health status of medical aid recipients was poorer as the subjects were older and less educated (p＜0.05). The PHP index was 3.41, close to the bad oral hygiene state. The hospital group (81.7%) required higher need for periodontal treatment. The periodontal health state was much poorer especially when the subject was in the age of 40`s and 60`s, received less education, and had no family (p＜0.05). CPITN3 was higher in the hospital group (13.3%) than the national sample (5.7%). The mental illness patients were socially vulnerable, therefore oral health care program should be needed and age, education level, health insurance type, presence of family and other factors needs to be considered in this approach.
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KEYWORD
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Oral health behavior , Oral health-related quality of life , Self-perceived oral symptoms , Workers
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