Oral Health Survey of Kaohsiung City Residents

• Main Authors: JEN-SUNG WENG, 翁仁嵩
• Other Authors: Yi-Hsin Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87690871051696002096

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 口腔衛生科學研究所碩士在職專班 === 90 === This study objectives were to investigate the oral condition of the Koahsuing City residents who were more than 18 years old. The study design was a stratified cluster sampling with selection probability proportional to size. There were 418 subjects collected. Each participatnt received a personal interview and an oral examination, which including DMFT, periodontal status, oral mucosal lesion and etc. The results showed the mean DMFT of men is 4.63(± 4.97), and 6.61(± 5.09) for women. The caries prevalence rate(CPR) of men is 77.54%, whereas the women is 92.22%. More than half of people suffer from periodontal diseases, 51.34% for men and 50.31% for women, respectively. There were three subjects who had difficulties in opening their mouths because of oral submucosal fibrosis. As for the teeth-brushing habit, those who use the Fones Method suffer less from the periodontal diseases. In summary, both the caries prevalence rate and the mean DMFT for the adults of Kaohsiung City are very high compared to the recommendation by the WHO. The prevailing periodontal diseases showed the importance of oral health habit. Among the 45 subjects with areca quid chewing habit, 5 persons were found to have oral mucosal diseases. From the study results, one can concluded that the local oral health policy and services need to be promoted and reinforced, and that all citizens need to learn oral condition self-examine, regularly.