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This study was carried out in order to offer basic data of oral health education program for examining influence of parents' oral health education experience upon preschoolers' oral health care and for promoting preschoolers' oral health.
Questionnaire survey was carried out targeting 350 parents of preschoolers aged 5~6 at 9 kindergartens where are located in Busan Metropolitan City. Research analysis was performed descriptive statistical analysis, chi-square analysis, and t-test by using spss 12.0.
1. Presense of experience on oral heath education of parents shows difference depending on their occupation (p=0.010) income (p=0.040) and academic background (0.018).
2. According to parents' oral health education experience, recognized importance of the oral health were significantly different (p=0.005).
3. Preschoolers' oral health knowledge was indicated to be high in awareness rate of tooth transitional period (p=0.002), of pit and fissure sealant (p<0.001), and of fluoride application (p<0.001) depending on parent's oral health education experience.
4. Behavior of preschoolers' oral health care depending on the oral health education of the parents was indicated differently by existance of toothbrushes equipped in kindergarten (p<0.001) the use of fluoride toothpaste (p<0.001), number of toothbrush(p=0.048), method of toothbrush (p<0.001), first visit to dental clinic (p=0.005).
As the above result, the parents' oral health education experience can be known to have important influence upon their and preschoolers' oral health care. Accordingly, to promote preschoolers' oral health, there will be a need of being actively developed the oral health education program, which can be done together by parents and preschoolers.