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KMID : 1157520140100030185
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2014 Volume.10 No. 3 p.185 ~ p.196
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A Questionnaire-Based Survey on the Oral Health Care Habits of Mongolian People
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Kim Young-Hoi
Park Woo-Ryung
Cho Ja-Won
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Abstract
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Objective: The object of the this study was to understand the Mongolian oral health habit on Mongolian people, can be got an important informations for oral health education or oral health program to establish proper oral health policy for Mongolian people.
Methods: In this study, people of the selected age groups from three regions of Mongolia were surveyed during the stipu-lated period of time and oral examination was performed according to the standardized method recommended by the World Health Organization. From the entire Mongolian population, about 0.04% (1,289 people) of people were surveyed.
Results: The frequency of daily average intake of sweets was 1.65±1.20 and there was a marginal difference between gen-ders (p＞0.05). Location-based results showed that of the three locations studied; Ulaanbaatar (1.53±1.22), Bornuur (1.64±0.99), and Gobi (2.04±1.38), Gobi inhabitants had the highest frequency of daily intake of sweets (p＜0.05). The fre-quency of toothbrushing on a daily basis was 1.79±0.90; 1.78±0.98 for men and 1.80±0.86 for women, which indicates a very marginal difference between the two genders (p＞0.05). Overall, 76.0% of people performed toothbrushing prior to breakfast, followed by 47.9% of people who performed toothbrushing prior to sleeping. Also, 92.1% of people stated that they possessed a toothbrush and toothpaste.
Conclusion: It is necessary to encourage the people of Mongolia to increase the frequency of daily toothbrushing by perform-ing toothbrushing after meals as well as before sleeping.
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KEYWORD
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mongolia, oral health, toothbrushing
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