학교구강보건시설 선호도에 관한 연구

Study on the Preference over the Oral Health Facilities of Schools

The oral health facilities of schools can be divided into the school of dental clinic and the tooth-brushing facilities, and the goal is to improve the oral health of children effectively in special-education schools as well as ordinary primary schools. Thus, the study over the oral health facilities of schools is being processed on the various points of view. In this study with the former ones, the survey toward the people dispatched to the school of dental clinic from the public health centers and the people in charge of the school of dental clinic and tooth-brushing facilities in primary schools, including special-education schools has been carried out to analyze their opinions over the oral health facilities of schools. The subjects of the survey are 190 people related to School Oral Health Facility in 17 public health centers nationwide, 288 people who manage the School Dental Clinic in primary schools and special schools and 82 people who operate the School Tooth Brushing Facilities in primary schools. As a result of analysis, the factors which affect the preference of School Oral Health Facility are the form of the workforce and the efficiency of the management and operation - the confidence interval is 95%. However, there is no similar factor over the survey toward School Tooth Brushing Facilities.