어머니의 구강보건관리행태가 초등학교 아동의 치아우식에 미치는 영향

Objectives : By analyzing the affects of the mother`s oral care to the caries experiences of the elementary school children, To looking for the way to prevent dental caries in the primary school, to provide baseline data to perform the associated oral health education. Methods : Between the 3,676 children`s dental check-up data and the 2,934 survey of parents from 9 elementary schools in the the Gyeonggi Province, the exactly matching data of 2,358 pairs, children versus mothers, were analyzed during the period, 2009 May 4 to July 20, By using the PASW 18(SPSS-PC 18), Frequency analysis of the collected data, and cross-analysis, ANOVA, Bonferroni post-analysis was performed. Results : The findings of the study were as follows. 1. In children, the ratio(DMF rate)of the dental caries experience in permanent teeth, appeared higher for men than women. Divided by grade level, the ratio of caries experience in the permanent teeth(DMF rate) generally appear higher in older than young. Thus between the child`s gender and grade level by the ratio of caries experience in the permanent teeth(DMF rate) showed the statistically significant differences (p0.05). 3. The significant difference showed between the dental caries levels of the children and the mother`s oral health care behavior - a toothbrush replacement period, mother`s broken teeth, mothers guidances of the brushing after snacks for children(p