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KMID : 0353320010250010201
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Oral Biology Research
2001 Volume.25 No. 1 p.201 ~ p.215
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A Study on the Oral Health Cognition, Behavior and Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs of University Students.
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Abstract
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Dental caries and periodontal disease are the most common oral disease. Periodontal disease rapidly increases during adolescence and the main cause of tooth loss in adults.
This study was performed to investigate the oral health behavior and periodontal status using the community periodontal index of treatment needs(CPITN) and to find the associated factors with it of university students.
The subjects were 615 students who attended to periodic health examination which was held from May 30th to June 2nd, 2000.
The results were as follows ;
1. The subjects were composed of 64.5% in males and 35.5% in females. The type of oral health practice were tongue brushing(61.8%), use of mouth rinsing solution(19.8%), abstention of sweet foods(17.1%) in order.
2. The treatment of dental caries, scaling, tooth extraction and dental prosthesis were main causes of visit to dental clinic.
3. The scores for knowledge of oral health(male : 6.53, female : 6.70) and the number of dental caries(male : 1.96, female : 2.27)were not statistically significant.
4. The degree of CPITN were 20.9% and 31.7% for 0, 3.0% and 5.5% for 1, 63.7% and 55.9% for 2, 11.1% and 6.9% for 3 and 1.3% and 0% for 4 in malses and females.
5. In males, the associated factors with periodontal status were effective and frequent tooth brushing, self-cognition of oral health status, participation of oral health education and amount of dental caries. In females, effective tooth brushing, and scaling were associated with periodontal status.
As a result of this study, it was concluded that more than 70 percent of subjects needed periodontal care. To keep good oral health for a lifetime, we should understand the necessity of appropriate oral health education and the early treatment of periodontal disease during adolescence.
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