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There are many studies about self-perceived oral health. However, there are only few studies which compare the self-perceived oral health to the actual oral examination of the subjects. This study used the source document from to compare and analyze the association between self-perceived oral health and the actual oral examination of the subjects.
All the upper and lower teeth are examined in this study. The health status of each molar and premolar was categorized into 8categories and incisors into 7categories.
Only the occlusal surfaces of teeth were examined in this study and the subjects were adults aged 19 or over.
The findings are as follows:
1. According to the examination of incisors of the subjects, those who perceived themselves as “having good oral health" showed high ‘dental caries-free' rates. And those who perceived themselves as “not having good oral health" showed high “tooth absent for reasons other than caries" rates with central incisor and lateral incisor. There was a statistically significant difference.
2. According to the examination of premolars, those who perceived themselves as “not having good oral health" showed high “tooth missed because of caries” rates in both upper and lower premolars, followed by “decayed treatment tooth” in upper premolars and “tooth excluded” in lower premolars. There was a statistically significant difference.
3. According to the examination of molars, there was high “tooth missed because of caries” rates among those who perceived themselves as “not having good oral health", followed by “decayed treatment tooth". There was a statistically significant difference.