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Objectives : The aim of the study is to estimate the dental caries experie nce and the factors influencing the dental caries in children and adolescents and t o provide the data for effective management of oral health in children and adolescents. Methods : Subjects were 446 students randomly recruited in primary, mid dle, high school students located in Seoul from April 1 to May 31 2011. The data were col lected by a questionnaire survey and direct oral examination. The collected data were analyzed w ith the SPSS WIN 14.0 program. Corresponding Author Seon-Haeng ShinDepartment of Dental Hygiene Sahmyook Health University82 Mangwoo(St), Dongdaemun-guSeoul 130-711, Korea.Tel : +82-02-3407-8622 +82-10-5875-7224Fax : +82-02-3407-8639E-mail : seon@shu.ac.krResults : DMF in male accounted for 88.8% and that in female accounted for 89.1%. The oral promotion behaviors in female was significantly higher than those in male (p<0.001). Aged (p<0.05) and well-educated parents(p<0.001) tended to have bett er oral promotion behaviors. The higher oral health knowledge, the better oral health promot ion behaviors. Better oral health promotion behaviors tended to have lower DMFT and DT index (p<0 .01). In regression analysis, age, oral health promotion behavior in children and adolescents were related to the dental caries experience (p<0.001). Poor oral health promotion behaviors incr eased the dental caries experience. Conclusions : The active oral health care can prevent dental caries in children and adolescents. The concern for oral health care is important to maintain healt hy dental hygiene. Key Words : Adolescents, dental caries experience, oral health knowledge , oral health promotion behaviors : , , ,

Correlation between dental caries experience, oral health promotion behaviors, and knowledge of oral health in children and adolescents