Payne B J, Locker D
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1992 Dec;20(6):376-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb00703.x.
Defining oral self-care as activities undertaken by individuals to maintain or promote dental health, this paper examines the distribution of oral self-care behaviours in a sample of dentate adults, age 50 and over, living in Ontario, Canada (n = 713). Results are presented separately for two older cohorts, respondents ages 50-64 and those 65 and older, and for females and males. Six oral self-care behaviours were examined: toothbrushing, flossing, use of an interdental device, extra fluoride use, frequency of between meal snacks and ingestion of cariogenic foods. High rates of self-care occurred only for toothbrushing. Age groups differed significantly for use of interdental devices, consumption of cariogenic foods and snacking between meals while gender differences were found for toothbrushing, flossing and consuming sweet foods. The need to target older adults and especially older males for oral hygiene information and instruction in order to counteract possible misleading beliefs learned before the advent of current dental hygiene practices is apparent from these data.
本文将口腔自我护理定义为个人为维持或促进牙齿健康而进行的活动，研究了加拿大安大略省50岁及以上有牙成年人样本（n = 713）中口腔自我护理行为的分布情况。结果按两个老年队列分别呈现，即50 - 64岁的受访者和65岁及以上的受访者，以及女性和男性。研究了六种口腔自我护理行为：刷牙、使用牙线、使用牙缝清洁器具、额外使用氟化物、餐间吃零食的频率以及摄入致龋食物的情况。仅刷牙的自我护理率较高。在使用牙缝清洁器具、食用致龋食物和餐间吃零食方面，年龄组存在显著差异，而在刷牙、使用牙线和食用甜食方面存在性别差异。从这些数据可以明显看出，有必要针对老年人，尤其是老年男性提供口腔卫生信息和指导，以纠正当前口腔卫生实践出现之前可能形成的误导性观念。
