Changes of Periodontopathic Bacteria According to Gingival Health, Dental Plaque Control and Toothbrushing Behavior in Adults.

Hyun-Ja Jeong; Hyejin Kim

background/Objectives: This study targeted 30 subjects who visited D university from March 15th to June 30th of 2018 for oral care management program, and agreed to participate in study. Method/statistical Analysis: The collected data were analyzed using SPSS statistics v.23. One sample t-test was conducted for the oral health environment condition, toothbrushing habits and oral hygiene management. Then, paired t-test was conducted for the changes in the distribution of periodontopathic bacteria depending on toothbrushing habits and oral care behaviors. As for all the statistics, the level of significance was set as p<0.05. Findings: In regard to the changes in periodontopathic bacteria depending on toothbrushing habits, Aa & Red complex of a group that brushes twice or more in a day was 39.12 pre-education and 24.78 post-education compared to the group that brushes once a day or does not brush. In regard to brushing timing, the group that brushes more than three times daily showed Aa & Red complex of 54.85 pre-education and 29.31 post-education, which showed significant reduction. In regard to the duration of toothbrushing, the group that brushes for more than 3 minutes showed Aa & Red complex of 51.46 pre-education, and 27.61 post-education which showed significant reduction. As for the change of periodontopathic bacteria according to the subjects' oral care behavior, for interdental cleaning, Orange Complex significantly decreased in the group of persons who were using dental floss or interdental brush post-education (89.87) than pre-education (97.94). For tongue cleaning, Aa & Red Complex significantly decreased in the group of persons who cleaned the tongue every day post-education (26.06) than pre-education (47.18). Improvements/Applications: The overall analysis of research findings showed differences in BOP, CAL and O'Leary Index depending on the gender and marital status. Also, it was shown that periodontopathic bacteria depending on toothbrushing habits and oral care behaviors gets reduced after education, compared to before education. It is considered that toothbrushing education using disclosing agents can motivate the experimenters, since they can directly observe the changes in dental plaque and O'Leary Index.

DENTAL plaque; BACTERIAL physiology; HABIT; HEALTH behavior; MARITAL status; ORAL hygiene; PERIODONTITIS; SEX distribution; T-test (Statistics); TOOTH care & hygiene; DATA analysis software; ADULTS; PREVENTION

Medico-Legal Update, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 2, p422

0971-720X

Academic Journal

10.5958/0974-1283.2019.00214.7