55~84세 한국 성인의 현존치아수와 구강기능의 관계

• Published in: Chiwisaeng gwahakoeji Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 340 - 347
• Main Authors: 김한나, Han Na Kim, 김기림, Ki Rim Kim, 김진범, Jin Bom Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국치위생과학회 30.06.2015
• Subjects: Korean adults; Number of present teeth; Oral function; Self-rated oral health; 치의학; Oral function; Self-rated oral health; Korean adults; Number of present teeth
• ISSN: 1598-4478; 2233-7679

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors of oral function associated with number of present teeth (NT) in Korean elderly adults. The research was designed as cross-sectional study using the data of the 4th Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, and the samples were selected by stratified clusters sampling. The subjects aged 55 to 84 years were 4,780 that joined the oral examination survey and questionnaires. The respective variables reflecting socioeconomic status, subjective health status and oral function factor were analyzed and their distributional differences were confirmed by complex sampling logistic regression analysis. Multivariable liner regression models considering covariates were applied to explain the associations between the number of present teeth and other variables. Gender, educated level, illegal dental treatment, self-rated oral health and oral functional factors, including chewing behavior and speaking behavior, were associated with the number of present teeth (p＜0.05). Subjects with better self-rated oral health had more NT than those with worse. Subjects with worse speaking behaviors had less NT than those with better. Interventions aiming to enhance oral health in elderly adults should consider socioeconomic, demographic, and oral functional factors.