산업체 근로자와 한국성인의 구강건강실태 비교 분석

Abstract

Comparative Analysis of Oral Health Status between Industrial Workers and Korean Adults

Woo, Hee-Sun, B.S., M.P.H. Advisor: Prof. Kim, Dong-Kie, D.D.S., M.S.D., Ph.D. Department of Health, Graduate School, Chosun University

Objective of the study: Maintaining good oral health is an important aspect of improving quality of life and economic activities of industrial workers. The objective of the study is to provide basic insights into an effective oral health maintenance, the enactment of industrial workers’ oral health care policy, and comparative analyses on national oral health research projects. Study subjects and methodology: Oral health examination was conducted on industrial workers in 2009 in the city of Gwangju and Chonnam province. The data on their oral health status were collected and analyzed. To appropriately compare these data with the data from the 2006 national oral health survey, the age of the respondents was categorized into 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-44, 45-54 and 55-64 brackets. Statistical analysis of the oral health behaviors and oral health status on differences between industrial workers and Korean adults was conducted using SPSS(Ver. 12.0). The findings of the study were summarized as follows: 1. The prevalence rates of dental caries, missing teeth, gingivitis, and accumulated calculus for the industrial workers(Korean adults) were 68.9%(24.5%), 19.9%(7.6%), 49.2%(34.8%), and 66.3%(18.5%), respectively. When comparing two groups, the prevalence rates of dental caries, missing teeth, gingivitis, and accumulated calculus for the industrial workers were 44.4%, 12.3%, 14.4%, and 47.8% higher than those for the average Korean adults, respectively.

2. Industrial workers in the 35-44 age bracket had the highest prevalence rates of dental caries, missing teeth, gingivitis and accumulated calculus.

3. Regardless of gender and age, the types of dental care that industrial workers(average Korean adults) need were in order of importance, scaling(filling), treatment of dental caries(scaling) and tooth brushing instruction(tooth extraction), respectively.

The results concluded that the industrial oral health policy needs improvement to inhance the quality of life of the workers.