Petersen P E
Scand J Prim Health Care. 1986 Feb;4(1):51-7. doi: 10.3109/02813438609013971.
The purpose of the present investigation was to describe dental health behaviour in an adult Danish population and to study whether oral hygiene habits and consumption of sweets were affected by living conditions. The study group comprised 749 persons in the age group 25-44 years (82% of the original sample) and data on general health behaviour and dental health behaviour were collected by interviews. Regular dental visits were reported by 86%, 83% declared that they brush their teeth at least twice a day and toothbrushing after breakfast was reported by 51%. Regular use of toothpicks was reported by 45%, while dental floss was used by 22%. Dental visits varied according to education, income, work in shifts, sex, and self-assessment of dental health, while toothbrushing habits were affected by urbanization, sex, education, number of children in family, and self-assessment of dental health. Daily consumption of cakes/pastry was reported by 10%, six per cent consumed chocolate/liquorice every day, while soft drinks were drunk every day by 10%. Consumption of sweets varied according to education, shift work, sex, strained life situations, and the number of children in family. Among the regular dental visitors, oral hygiene habits were also influenced by living conditions. Thus, the challenges to general dental practice as regards dental health education are great.
本调查的目的是描述丹麦成年人群的牙齿健康行为，并研究口腔卫生习惯和甜食消费是否受到生活条件的影响。研究组由749名年龄在25至44岁之间的人组成（占原始样本的82%），通过访谈收集了关于一般健康行为和牙齿健康行为的数据。86%的人报告定期看牙，83%的人宣称他们每天至少刷牙两次，51%的人报告早餐后刷牙。45%的人报告经常使用牙签，而使用牙线的人占22%。看牙的频率因教育程度、收入、轮班工作、性别以及对牙齿健康的自我评估而异，而刷牙习惯则受到城市化、性别、教育程度、家庭子女数量以及对牙齿健康的自我评估的影响。10%的人报告每天食用蛋糕/糕点，6%的人每天食用巧克力/甘草糖，10%的人每天喝软饮料。甜食的消费因教育程度、轮班工作、性别、生活压力状况以及家庭子女数量而异。在定期看牙的人群中，口腔卫生习惯也受到生活条件的影响。因此，在牙齿健康教育方面，普通牙科面临着巨大的挑战。
