Comparison of the Oral Health Education Effect of Air Force Personnel according to the Use of Disclosing Solution

Lee,  Hye-Rim; Jung,  Gyu-Un; Pang,  Eun-Kyoung

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 54(1); 2016 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2016;54(1):57-66.
Published online January 31, 2016.

치면 착색제 사용 유무에 따른 공군장병의 구강 보건 교육 효과 비교

이혜림¹, 정겨운², 방은경³

^¹이화여자대학교 임상치의학대학원 임상구강보건학과
^²이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 부속 목동병원 치주과
^³이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 부속 목동병원 치주과

Comparison of the Oral Health Education Effect of Air Force Personnel according to the Use of Disclosing Solution

Hye-Rim Lee¹, Gyu-Un Jung², Eun-Kyoung Pang³

¹Department of Clinical Oral Health Science, Graduate School of Clinical Dentistry, Ewha Womans University
²Department of Periodontology, Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University
³Department of Periodontology, Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University

Abstract

This study was to evaluate the effects of oral health education conducted on air force personnel according to the use of disclosing solution. They were divided into 3 groups: Group A: oral health education was not conducted, Group B: oral health education was conducted without using disclosing solution, and Group C: oral health education was conducted using disclosing solution. The subjects who had not participated in the education at least once were excluded, and the remaining 83 subjects received oral health education four times and one time each week. The probing depth, plaque index, gingival index, and bleeding on probing were measured one week before the implementation of the first oral health education and one week after the implementation of the fourth oral health education. The results of verifying the homogeneity of the clinical indices before the oral health education showed statistically significant differences in bleeding on probing among the three groups. The results of comparing the clinical indices among the three groups after the oral health education exhibited statistically significant differences in the plaque and gingival indices among the three groups. Groups B and C showed lower values than Group A. The comparison of the clinical indices before and after the oral health education showed statistically significant improvements in all clinical indices after the education in Group C. The results suggested that the oral health education using disclosing solution could maximize that visual effects and encourage self-motivation, consequently improve the oral hygiene of the patients.

Key Words: Disclosing solution;Oral health education;Air force personnel;