台灣山地鄉0-6歲幼兒齲齒狀況

Caries Status of 0~6-year-old Children in the Remote Areas of Taiwan

劉仁義(Jen-Yi Liu) ； 李嫈嫈(Ying-Ying Li) ； 黃純德(Shun-Te Huang) ； 劉秀月(Hsiu-Yueh Liu) ； 洪雅欣(Ya-Xin Hong) ； 戴怡佳(Yi-Jia Dai) ； 蕭思郁(Szu-Yu Hsiao) ； 林雯君(Wen-Chun Lin)

《中華牙醫學雜誌（中文版）》 26卷2期 (2007/12) Pp. 209-216

https://doi.org/10.7106/CJD.200712.0209

摘要

本研究之目的為瞭解台灣山地鄉0-6歲幼童的齲齒狀況。研究對象針對全省山地鄉0-6歲幼童依分層多段隨機集束抽樣調查法(stratified multi-stage cluster sampling)抽選515位幼童。研究結果山地鄉0-6歲幼童之乳齒齲齒指數為6.27顆，乳齒填補率為13.64%，乳齒齲齒盛行率為79.03%，顯示出山地鄉幼童高齲齒盛行率及低填補率仍然存在。同時台灣山地鄉0-6歲幼兒之乳齒齲齒狀況，均未因家長的教育程度及職業等級的不同而有所差異；而與家長的口腔衛生知識的高低，亦無任何統計學上的顯著差異。由調查中發現，山地鄉家長口腔衛生知識極為不足，因此建議積極推廣山地鄉民眾之口腔衛生教育，並研擬口腔衛生師的設置，以期協助牙醫師對民眾全面口腔衛生知識的提升。

關鍵字

乳齒齲齒指數 ； 乳齒填補率 ； 乳齒齲齒盛行率 ； 山地鄉

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to determine the dental health status of 0~6-year-old children in the remote areas of Taiwan. In total, 515 children aged 0~6 years old participated in this study; they were sampled by a stratified multi-stage cluster sampling design. The results of this study showed that the deft (decay, extraction, filling and teeth) index, filling rate, and caries ratio of primary teeth of 0~6-year-old children in this remote area were 6.27, 13.64%, and 79.03%, respectively. It appears that a high caries ratio and low filling rate still exist in the remote areas, and there were no apparent statistical differences in the caries status of 0~6-year-old children in the remote areas among different socioeconomic states and oral health knowledge levels of the parents. We should be concerned with this special circumstance in remote areas caused by a shortage of medical resources and difficulties in popularizing and deepening oral health education. The parents' oral health knowledge was found to be very limited in the remote areas. Thus, it is very important to broaden and popularize oral health education. We suggest setting up an institution of oral hygienists to raise the level of oral health knowledge in remote areas of Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

deft index ； filling rate ； caries prevalence ； remote area