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Oral health promotion of the disabled by consistent voluntary dental care services

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 53(11); 2015 > Article
The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2015;53(11):855-869.
Published online November 30, 2015.
울산광역시 장애인 구강건강증진을 위한 자원봉사 중심의 지속적 치과진료사업의 사례
김진범1, 김병재2, 한동헌3, 전은주4, 김한나5, 김민지6
1부산대학교 치의학전문대학원 예방치과학교실
2김병재치과의원
3서울대학교 치의학대학원 예방치학교실
4부산대학교 치의학전문대학원 예방치과학교실
5청주대학교 치위생학과
6동서대학교 치위생학과
Oral health promotion of the disabled by consistent voluntary dental care services
Jin-Bom Kim1, Byung-Jae Kim2, Dong-Hun Han3, Eun-Joo Jun4, Han-Na Kim5, Min-Ji Kim6
1Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University
2Kim Byung-Jae Dental Clinic
3Department of Preventive & Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
4Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University
5Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Cheongju University
6Department of Dental Hygiene, Division of Health Sciences, Dongseo University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oral health promotion of the disabled persons by voluntary dental services in Ulsan Metropolitan City. Two dentists taken a calibration training for national oral health survey examined the oral health status of 473 disabled persons from two special schools for the disabled children and adolescents, a residential facility and a gymnasium for the disabled persons in 2009-2010. The surveyed disabled persons in the age range was from 7 to 74 years old. Voluntary dentists, oral hygienists and other civilian volunteers had supplied with the oral health care services to the disabled persons at dental clinics of special schools for the disabled children and adolescents, and a dental clinic supported from Nam-Gu Public Health Center in Ulsan Metropolitan City since 1997. The obtained data from these surveys were analyzed with the SPSS statistical package. Among subjects aged 12-14 years, subjects with decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) in permanent dentition was 46.9%; subjects with untreated decayed teeth, 17.2%. The number of decayed, missing and filled teeth in permanent dentition was 1.36. The proportion of decayed components of DMFT score was 28.00%; proportion of missing components of DMFT score, 1.43%; proportion of filled components of DMFT score, 70.57%. The proportion of filled components of DMFT score among disabled persons of all age group in Ulsan were evaluated to be a similar level to non-disabled citizens in Ulsan from 2010 Korean National Survey. The oral health care programs for disabled persons by voluntary services of dental professionals and other civilians are evaluated to be effective for the oral health promotion of disabled persons in Ulsan.
Key Words: Dental treatment;Disability;DMFT index;Oral health promotion;Voluntary service;
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