Dental Survey of the Adolescent at Gwangju-Si for Water Fluoridation
박현주, Han Eun-Kyeung, 이명구, 조자원,
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박현주 ( Park Hyun-Ju ) - Dankook University Graduate School of Public Health & Social Welfare Department of Oral Health
( Han Eun-Kyeung ) - Dankook University Graduate School of Public Health & Social Welfare Department of Oral Health
이명구 ( Lee Myung-Gu ) - Dankook University Graduate School of Public Health & Social Welfare Department of Oral Health
조자원 ( Cho Ja-Won ) - Dankook University College of Dentistry Department of Preventive Dentistry
KMID : 1157520150110020055
Abstract
Objective: Dental survey was performed for adolescent at Gwangju-si order to evaluate the caries prevention effect of the water fluoridation for 15 years, and the questionnaire was performed to investigate such consciousness for caries or periodontal disease and toothbrushing habit for adolescent at Gwangju-si.
Methods: Five hundred fifty-eight adolescents as 252 in age 12 years, 306 in age 15 were examined the oral health by 2 trained dentists and 3 staffs and caries experience data were collected to compare the data with the national survey.
Results: Decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index in 12 years old was 1.10 and decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (DMFS) was calculated as 1.52. DMFT index in 15 years old was estimated as 2.59 and DMFS index was 3.79. Caries experience was lower in both age groups at Gwangju City than at middle city in national survey data (p＜0.05).
Conclusion: Caries experience was lower in adolescent group at Gwangju-si than in national survey, so, water fluoridation for 15 years might be effective for caries prevention at Gwangju area. It was recommended that water fluoridation at this city should be continued.
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dental caries; fluoridation; water supply
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