충남지역 어린이집 및 유치원 교육담당자의 유아 구강보건의식과 행태에 관한 연구

Objectives : The oral care during early childhood plays an important role to maintain sound oral health during adulthood. As the number of children’s using child care facilities is on the rise recently, the children’s oral health awareness and behavior of the educators at nurseries and kindergartens are to be examined. Methods : A self-recording survey was conducted on 194 educators at the nurseries and kindergartens in Chungnam region. Results : The most frequently given snack was milk, 91.8 percent of the facilities had children brush their teeth,63.4 percent made them apply fluoride and 56.2 percent kept children’s toothbrushes in an ultraviolet rays sterilizer. There was a meaningful difference in the awareness of the necessity to educate children about oral health according to the offer of the opportunity to apply fluoride (p