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The purpose of this study was to examine any possible differences among elderly people in oral dryness and oral health-related quality of life according to their life satisfaction and social activity participation, which might be influential factors for the two variables, in an effort to provide some information on the oral health care of the elderly. The subjects in this study were 130 senior citizens who were at the ages of 65 and up and who visited community senior welfare centers in the city of Mokpo. After data were gathered, the collected data were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. There were significant differences in six out of 10 items of the oral dryness inventory according to life satisfaction. 2. There were no significant differences in all the 10 items of the oral dryness inventory according to social activity participation. 3. There were significant differences in nine out of 14 items of the inventory for the oral health-related quality of life according to life satisfaction. 4. There were no significant differences in all the 14 items of the inventory for the oral health-related quality of life according to social activity participation. The above-mentioned findings of the study illustrated that the life satisfaction of the elderly people exerted an influence on their oral health-related quality of life. Therefore elderly people should be helped to lead a more satisfactory life, and the development of oral health education programs and oral health care programs tailored to their regional characteristics and living standard is required.

The main purposes of this study was to examine Preferred oral health education content According to age and Provide oral health education program. The subjects in this study were the 400people adult who resided in a region in South Jeolla Province. after data were gathered, the collected data were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows; 1. Subjective assessment of oral health was youth population 2.18. old-aged population is 1.96 and there was significant difference according to age. 2. Experience of oral health education is youth population 64.9%, adult population 75.4%, middle-age population 51.6%, old-aged population 42.7% that was lower than average. 3. The path of oral health education is Dental 31.0%, school 21.5%, health center 4.0%. 4. The preferred oral health education content in total population 39.0% is treatment and prevention of dental caries. And treatment and prevention of periodontal disease is 24.0%. Preferred oral health education content in youth and adult population are treatment and prevention of dental caries. Middle-age and old-aged population are preferred treatment and prevention of periodontal disease. 5. The oral health education participation were significantly higher according to age decrease. It is necessary to develop effective oral health education program in according to age in order to improve the oral health of adults. Also, education methods are needed to be able to manage themselves continuously through public relations.

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental hygienists about the usefulness of dental hygiene curriculums in the workplace in an effort to provide some information on the development of dental hygiene curriculums and the improvement of the state qualification examination system. The subjects in this study were 210 dental hygienists who worked in dental hospitals, dental clinics, university hospitals and general hospitals in and around Seoul. A statistical package SPSS 18.0 was employed to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. The majority of the respondents(74.8%) replied that the clinical duties of dental hygienists were reflected to some extent in the dental hygiene curriculums which they learned, but 80.0 percent answered that the curriculums weren't good enough to meet the actual requirements of the workplace. As for the reason, they cited lack of newest knowledge or poor skills(26.2%) and poor practicum skills(23.3%) as the reason. 2. Concerning the usefulness of dental hygiene courses, Clinical Dental Hygiene(4.63) was considered most useful, followed by Clinical Practice of Dental Hygiene(4.59) and Clinical Dental Hygiene(4.33). Society of Dental Hygiene(3.20) was regarded as least useful, followed by Basic Job Skill(3.55) and Basic Dental Hygiene(3.62). 3. In relation to opinions on the usefulness of the courses by general characteristics, there were statistically significant differences in the usefulness of Basic Dental Hygiene(p<.003) and Educational Dental Hygiene(p<.002) according to age, and statistically significant differences were found in the usefulness of Basic Dental Hygiene(p<.017) according to the total length of service. And there were statistically significant differences in the usefulness of Basic Dental Hygiene(p<.001), Clinical Dental Hygiene(p<.012) and Society of Dental Hygiene(p<.001) according to the type of workplace. Given the findings of the study, dental hygienist will be able to boost their own job performance as full-fledged experts if a job-based standardized, integrated curriculum is developed by unifying the titles of dental hygiene courses and if necessary textbooks are developed according to the curriculum.

This study was to investigate the oral health survey of oral health care for 123 guardians who takes care of their children with mental retardation, autistic disorder, cerebral palsy, and redundant failure among disabilities visiting the disabled center facilities in Gyeongnam province and Ulsan city from 11 to 22 March, 2013. All study variables were summarized as mean and standard deviation(SD) or frequency and percent by descriptive statistics. For univariate analysis, the answering distributions of the each questionnaire item according to the socio-demographic characteristics tested by chi-squared test procedure, and the mean differences of oral health practice and knowledge according to socio-demographics characteristics were confirmed by t-test or one-way ANOVA procedure. If there was statistically significant in one-way ANOVA, a subsequent post-hoc comparison was conducted using Duncan's method. Statistical analyses were conducted by PASW Statistics 19.0 (IBM Co., Armonk, NY, USA), and considered statistically significant as a p-value of <0.05. 1. Oral heath practice of guardians(3.26, ±0.517, p=0.05) was the highest according to the type of disabled children. 2. Oral health knowledge of guardians(15.76±2.166, p<.001) was the highest in the mental retardation group according to the type of disabled children. 3. The oral health practice and knowledge in the group who have experienced oral health education was higher than the opposite group 3.29, 14.84, p<0.05). 4. There was a positive correlation between oral health status and knowledge of guardians who takes care of their disabled children(r=0.387, p<0.01). Oral health practice and knowledge for disabled children is important. Therefore, it is necessary to have oral health education for guardians of disabled children. We suggest that oral health professionals should be also placed on oral health education of disabled children.