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KMID : 1023420150150020091
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2015 Volume.15 No. 2 p.91 ~ p.97
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Measure of Unmet Dental Care Needs among Korean Adolescent
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An Eun-Suk
Han Ji-Hyoung
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine any possible differences among adolescents in unmet dental care needs according to their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and oral health status and influential factors on the basis of the fifth national health and nutrition examination survey data. The findings of the study were as follows: Unmet dental care needs were accounted for 19.84 percent. As for the reason, many replied that they couldn`t afford to leave school during school hours, and economic factors. As a result of analyzing what affected their unmet dental care needs, this experience was more common in the older age groups than in the 6∼12 years age group, and the experience was less common in the respondents with a larger income. As for the subjective oral health status, the experience was 0.61-fold and 0.72-fold less in the respondents who perceived their health as fair or good than who thought their health was poor respectively. And there was a tendency that getting regular dental checkups led to 0.22-fold less experience. Given the above-mentioned findings, the kind of policy that makes dental care services more accessible to youth in consideration of socioeconomic circumstances should be carried out. As many of the adolescents couldn`t leave school during school hours, schools should be equipped with dental clinics to improve accessibility to dental care services.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescent , Dental care , Unmet need
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