Association between Oral Health Status and Perceived General Health (EuroQol-5D)

The purpose of this study was to examine association between oral health status and perceived general health symptom. We analyzed 14,231subjects who participated in Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007∼2009). All individuals were examined by aquestionnaire about socioeconomic history, smoking and drinking habit, the frequency of daily tooth brushing, the presence of regular dental visit,and EuroQol-5D. Dental survey was conducted to find the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index and community periodontal index. Subjects with perceived problem with mobility had higher DMFT index (odds ratio, 1.18, p＜0.001). Subjects with with perceived problem withpain/discomfort had higher DMFT index (odds ratio, 1.16, p＜0.001). Self-rating general health symptom was not associated with periodontitis (p＞0.05). Perceived general health was associated with DMFT index. It is recommendable that we can use the perceived general health to predict oralhealth status. KCI Citation Count: 5