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Background: Workers’ oral health problems result in work disruption, including absenteeism or early leave, which reduces work efficiency. This study was conducted to investigate the subjective oral health status and oral problems of workers,and to identify the factors disrupting workflow due to oral problems. Methods: A self-report questionnaire was administered to 300 industrial workers in a metropolitan area. A total of 284 individuals were finally analyzed, after excluding the data of 16 workers who had missing responses among the recovered questionnaires. Results: Subjective oral health status was average in 44.4%, healthy in 32.0%, and unhealthy in 16.9% of the study population. Subjective oral health problems were the highest in the order of food impaction(28.9%), cavity(26.8%), tooth sensitivity (22.9%), and calculus(21.1%). However, sudden and unexplained tooth pain (12.0%), gum swelling and tooth mobility (10.2%), and wisdom tooth pain (4.9%) were relatively low. The average monthly income (p<.05) and subjective oral health status (p<.01) were statistically significant factors interrupting workflow. Conclusion: To minimize workers' oral health problems and work disruption due to oral diseases, it is necessary to promote workers' oral health and oral disease prevention programs within the workplace.

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1. 서론
2. 연구대상 및 방법
2.1. 연구대상
2.2. 연구 도구
2.3. 분석방법
2.4. 통계 방법
3. 연구 결과
3.1. 연구대상의 일반적 특성
3.2. 주관적 구강건강문제
3.3. 주관적 구강문제로 인한 업무지장에 영향을 주는 요인
4. 고찰
5. 결론
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• 윤미숙 [ Mi-Suk Yoon | 신한대학교 치위생학과 ]
• 박보영 [ Bo-Young Park | 신한대학교 치위생학과 ] 교신저자

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