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The main purposes of this thesis with general health of the elderly know the importance of oral health by improving the dietary habits of better oral health is to promote the improvement of the oral health of the elderly. 1. 58.9% of the women in gender, married, 50.0% and 46.7% widowed also the average monthly income per household from 1,000,000 to 1,990,000 won 33.6% of the most high, and if you do not have a job with the children and 67.2% of the Attached to the 40.7%, an elderly couple living forms, but also 34.4%, respectively. 2. Subjective oral health status is bad, 49.1%, of the state of the maxillary teeth held in the state 68.7%, 72.0% in the case of the mandibular teeth were held in the state. If the whole of last dental visit(37.9%) of the respondents have received four years ago. Dental care is needed, and the number of respondents(55.4%). 3. Subjective oral health status in everyday life gets in the way as the best 33.6 percent higher, gives interfere with the general health status of 37.4%, with 41.5% of the entire disposal to move the discomfort. 4. Sweet food intake, intake of salty foods, such as variable interest level, and oral missing teeth and that there is no statistically significant difference was found(p<0.05). Many people are interested in the oral cavity than those who did not have missing teeth were found to be less(p<0.05). From the findings of this thesis, some policy implications are implemented in order to improve the oral health of the elderly and some suggestions for the future study are introduced.

This paper aims to surveyed the influence of the knowledge, the conscious of oral hygiene and behaviors of Korean students(234) residing in virginia, U.S.A. 1. The Korean students of educational standards was high but income level was low. 2. The knowledge of oral health get an average mark of 9.13±1.92(total 11) was the high, the conscious 4.14 also have high. 3. The factors was that influenced visiting the dentist of proportion ‘healing and preventative purposes’ elderly people on high, Furthermore, the highly was they visited the dentists for ‘preventative purposes’ with dental insurance, the extremely met their dentists for ‘healing purposes’ with out. 4. Concerning to correlation to conscious of oral health is higher, knowledge high date(p=000), eating habits and visiting are correlation to visited the dentist is higher, eating habits low date(p=.044).

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the number of the remaining teeth of the elderly population to their subjective oral symptoms and oral hygiene care in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of remaining teeth and seek effective ways of increasing the number of remaining teeth. The subjects in this study were the senior citizens who resided in a region in South Jeolla Province. A survey was conducted from September to December, 2012. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. As for subjective oral health status, the largest group(45.1%) replied they were in bad oral health. The most common number of remaining teeth was between 10 and 19(38.5%). Concerning pain in hard tissues, the biggest group(54.9%) felt a pain in their hard tissues occasionally. As to pain in soft tissues, the greatest group(47.1%) felt no pain in their soft tissues. In terms of pain during mastication, the largest group(49.6%) suffered a pain during their mastication. The most dominant toothbrushing frequency was twice or more(47.1%), and the biggest group(80.3%) received no toothbrushing education. The largest group(80.4%) got no dental checkups on a regular basis. 2. Regarding subjective oral symptoms by gender, the biggest number of the men(58.2%) occasionally underwent oral symptoms, and the largest number of the women(51.2%) did that often. The largest number of the men(72.4%) and of the women(69.9%) brushed their teeth twice or more a day, and the greatest number of the two groups didn't get regular dental checkups nor ever received toothbrushing education. As to toothbrushing education experience, the men had more experience to receive that education than the women(p=0.009). 3. Concerning subjective oral symptoms by age, the older senior citizens suffered more pain in their soft tissues(p=0.000). In terms of oral hygiene care, the elderly people aged between 71 and 80(34.2%) had the most experience to receive toothbrushing education, and the biggest group brushed their teeth twice or more a day, had no experience to receive toothbrushing education and didn't get regular dental checkups. 4. Among the elements of the oral health state of the elderly population, the factors that were associated with the number of remaining teeth were gender, experience of hard-tissue pain, experience of soft-tissue pain, experience of pain in mastication and oral health status. Out of the elements of oral hygiene care, toothbrushing frequency was linked to the number of remaining teeth. 5. The number of remaining teeth exerted a significant influence on experience of pain in soft tissues, experience of pain in mastication and toothbrushing frequency. A larger number of remaining teeth led to less experience of pain in soft tissues and less experience of pain in mastication, and a larger number of remaining teeth led to higher toothbrushing frequency. The above-mentioned findings suggest that in order to step up the oral health promotion of the elderly, elderly people themselves should try to be in good oral health, and the government and local communities should make a concerted effort to push ahead with successful senior welfare policies or revitalize senior oral health education programs.

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of oral health behavior on oral health-related quality of life by using OHIP-14, as research in quality of life related to oral health behavior was expected to make a contribution to the development of oral health care programs geared toward government employees. A survey was conducted on 412 government workers of public institutions in North Jeolla Province from June 4 to July 26 to determine the influence of oral health behavior on oral health-related quality of life. The general characteristics investigated were gender, age, self-rated oral health status, receiving dental treatment at present or not, and experience of visiting a dental clinic for a preventive purpose. The oral health behavior investigated was toothbrushing, use of oral hygiene supplies and scaling. The instrument used in this study was the OHIP-14(Oral Health Impact Profile-14) that was a simplified form. 1. As for self-rated oral health status, the biggest group that accounted for 35.0 percent replied they were neither in good oral health nor in bad oral health. As a result of asking them whether they were receiving dental treatment at present or not, the largest group that accounted for 72.7 percent answered they weren't. Concerning visit to a dental clinic for a preventive purpose, the greatest group that accounted for 54.6 percent replied they had visited dental clinics for a preventive purpose. 2. In regard to the subfactors of oral health-related quality of life, they got a mean of 4.18 in social barriers; 4.13 in activity barriers; 4.09 functional barriers; 3.91 in mental barriers; 3.77 in mental discomfort; and 3.57 in physical pain. 3. As to oral health-related quality of life, there were differences in functional barriers, physical pain, mental discomfort, physical barriers, social barriers and activity barriers according to gender, age, self-rated oral health status, receiving dental treatment at present or not, and experience of visiting a dental clinic for a preventive purpose. All the differences were statistically significant. 4. The respondents who replied they were in good oral health had the most experience to receive toothbrushing education. As many as 42 percent answered they didn't make use of oral hygiene supplies other than toothbrushes, and 82.4 percent replied they'd gotten their teeth cleaned. The above-mentioned findings illustrated that oral health behavior exerted an influence on the improvement of oral health-related quality of life. Therefore the development of customized programs and continuing education are required to step up the improvement of quality of life and oral health.

The purpose of this study was to determine the stress level and the differences in handling situations according to the personality types of some students who major in dental hygienics. For this study, the MBTI personality test and survey were conducted from May 20, 2013 to May 24 of the same year for a total of 208 students who major in dental hygienics department, A university located in A city, North Gyeongsang Province, and the following results were obtained in relation to the type of personality, stress, difference of level in sub-factors, and method for coping with the stress. First, the introvert personality group was found to have higher stress level when the stress levels of extrovert personality group and introvert personality group were compared. In relation to the stress level of the sensible personality group and intuitive personality group, the intuitive personality group was found to have higher stress level. Second, the emotional personality group was found to have higher stress level when the stress levels of logical personality group and emotional personality group were compared. Moreover, the judgemental personality group was found to have higher stress level when the stress levels of judgemental personality group and perceptive personality group were compared. Third, the introvert personality group was found to have higher level of coping with the stress when the extrovert personality group and introvert personality group were compared in relation to the level to cope with the stress. In addition, the intuitive personality group was found to have higher level of coping with the stress when sensible personality group and intuitive personality group were compared in terms of the level to cope with the stress. Fourth, the logical personality group was found to have higher level of coping with the stress when the logical personality group and emotional group were compared in terms of the level to cope with the stress. Meanwhile, the judgemental personality group was found to have higher level of coping with the stress when the judgemental personality group and perceptive group were compared in connection with the level to cope with the stress. This study is limited as it analyzed only some students majoring in dental hygienics, and therefore the results of this study are difficult to be generalized. It is recommended that the succeeding studies should look into the MBTI personality type involving the students majoring in dental hygienics nationwide, and furthermore, systematic education programs for in-depth understanding need to be established to promote the ability of students majoring in dental hygienics to better cope with stress, adapt themselves to campus lives and vocational lives.

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the communication styles of dental hygienists on the satisfaction of dental patients in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of the communication of dental hygienists. It's ultimately meant to explore how to ensure efficient communication to boost the satisfaction of patients. The subjects in this study were 254 patients who visited dental institutions located in the metropolitan area. A self-administered survey was conducted from October 30 to December 30, 2012, and the statistical package SPSS WIN 12.0 was employed to analyze the collected data. 1. The largest group of the dental patients perceived that the communication style of the dental hygienists whom they met was information offering, followed by a friendly style and an authoritarian one. 2. As for the correlation between the communication styles of the dental hygienists and the satisfaction of the patients, the information- offering and friendly communication styles of the dental hygienists had a positive correlation to the satisfaction of the patients, and there was a negative correlation between the authoritarian communication style of the dental hygienists and the satisfaction of the patients. 3. The patients who gave more marks to the information-offering and friendly communication styles of the dental hygienists expressed more satisfaction, had a stronger intention of revisit and were more gratified with word of mouth. 4. The patients who were more satisfied with the dental hygienists had a stronger intention to revisit. 5. The patients who were more satisfied with the dental hygienists had a stronger word-of-mouth intention. The above-mentioned findings suggest that the communication styles of the dental hygienists affected the satisfaction of the dental patients. Therefore the importance of the communication of dental hygienists should be publicized in the field of dentistry, and it's required to provide a lot of opportunities for dental hygienists to receive education on efficient communication to raise patient satisfaction.

This study, Dental hygiene students MBTI personality type by a sense of self-efficacy, Dental hygiene students sense of self-efficacy personality types and would like to help in the growth of the ego through. Research subjects by 2013, hygiene and dental students, 208 may 20 to May 31 were investigated. The collected material is SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science) and analyzed using the program WIN 18.0. Research subjects was carried out, a typical characteristic MBTI personality type and frequency analysis of self-efficacy in order to recognize the difference between sub area of mean and standard deviation and corresponding sample t-test, analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) members. 1. Dental hygiene students MBTI preference indicators examined the distribution of sociable type stars (ESFP) 32.2%, the most high, and the scientist-type (INTJ) and leaders (ENTJ) is 0.0%. 2. Dental hygiene students MBTI preference indicator (E-I, S-N, T-F, J-P) and self-efficacy analysis results showed no difference still. But in prefer indicators MBTI Extroversion (E) and introversion (I) sense of self-efficacy with lower preference attributions the self control senses challenge difficulty still showed differences (p<0.05). Accident thinking (T) and feelings (F) and self-efficacy is still lower variable the difference appeared to be that (p<0.05), judging (J) and showed a more self-efficacy than perceiving (P) and sub-aware variable assignments the difficulty level is preferred (p<0.01) and attribution (p<0.05), still makes a difference. 3. Dental hygiene students MBTI function type (ST-SF-NF-NT) and self-efficacy and temperament type (SJ-SP-NF-NT) and self-efficacy are all still appeared to be no difference. Feature type self-efficacy the sense of NT>ST>NF>SF, substrate type self-efficacy vu NT>SJ>NF>SP were investigated in order. Dental hygiene student, dental hygienist, dentist, along with oral disease prevention and education, as prevention of oral disease occurs before any to perform the clinical creator to improve health education and oral hygiene and oral health education for educators, to enhance the sense of self- efficacy and understanding their personality type, so that the effort is needed. Pinpointing their character they need to be part of the evolution and avoid enhances the accord could be an effort by the subject in their own lives.

There are growing needs among medical consumers for advanced medical service due to improved national economy and the development of medical technology, and the diversification and specialization of dental hygiene occupation are being accelerated in response to their needs. Dental hygienists are under heavy stress because of their complicated role performance, and their job stress results in lowering job satisfaction and self-efficacy and raising turnover rate. To get rid of job stress, they should put their energy into self-development. The purpose of this study was to examine the state of self-development among dental hygienists in an effort to find a workable solution and suggest how to eliminate their barriers to self-development. The subjects in this study were 213 dental hygienists in the region of Busan, on whom a self-administered survey was conducted. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. The dental hygienists investigated got 1.98 in self-development, which showed that they didn't put enough effort to self-development. 2. As for the primary motivation of self-development, 50.2 percent wanted to get rid of stress. Concerning satisfaction level, the majority of the respondents expressed just an mediocre level of satisfaction or responded they were dissatisfied. 3. The dental hygienists got 2.98 in constraints to self-development. Among the types of constraints, they faced lots of economic constraints , and there weren't a lot of human constraints. 4. The respondents who faced more time constraints or personal barriers had less time to pursue job-oriented, art-oriented or personal self-development. Those who were confronted with more economic barriers had less time to pursue job-oriented or personal self- development, and the respondents who faced more human barriers had less time to pursue art-oriented self-development. Those who were confronted with more social barriers had less time to pursue job-oriented or art-oriented self-development. Given the above-mentioned findings of the study, dental hygienists should be given more opportunities to put their efforts into self- development to relieve job stress, reduce turnover rate and boost job involvement and job satisfaction. Besides, what makes it difficult for them to pursue self-development should accurately be grasped to improve the efficiency of human resources management of dental institutions.