A Study on Dental Caries Activity Assessment from Saliva of Students of Dentistry College (I)

치과대학 대학생 타액의 치아 우식활성도 평가(I)

  • Son, Seung Hwa (Department of Dental Hygienist, Gangdong College) ;
  • Kim, Dong Ae (Department of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry, Dankook University) ;
  • Park, Young Min (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yeoju Institute of Technology)
  • 손승화 (강동대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 김동애 (단국대학교 치과대학 치과생체재료학교실) ;
  • 박영민 (여주대학교 치위생과)
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

Composition of oral microbial flora is suggested to play a role in the maintenance of oral health. Among them, Streptococcus mutans plays an essential role in the formation of dental plaque and it is being noticed as incipient infective bacteria of dental caries. The purpose of this study was to prepare the basic data about distribution of Streptococcus mutans detected from saliva by measuring colony density. It is well known that smoking as well as drinking is a factor of dental caries, however there are few investigations about distribution of Streptococcus mutans either smoking or drinking. The materials of this study were collected from students of dentistry college with general characteristics obtained by self-administered questionnaires. Students were asked to gently chew the paraffin to get saliva for 1 minute. Bacitracin disc in the culture medium was activated for 15 minutes, and then sample was incubated in the activated medium at $37^{\circ}C$ incubator for 48 hours. Streptococcus mutans colonization per 1 ml saliva was measured by the number of criteria. The severe levels of dental caries activity were significantly increased in the case of smoking (from 5.6% to 10%) or drinking (form 0% to 7%), respectively. Also, dental caries activity increased according to smoking and drinking periods longer. However, using the SPSS analytical process (Mann-Whitney's U), no significant differences were observed between the smoking and the non-smoking or the drinking and non-drinking, respectively. These results obtained from dental caries activity of saliva suggest that distribution of Streptococcus mutans following smoking or drinking can be used as a significant information for oral health.

이 연구는 2012년 11월 12일부터 11월 30일까지 D대학교에 재학 중인 치과대학 대학생 100명을 대상으로 타액을 채취하여 타액으로부터의 Streptococcus mutans 분포 정도를 측정한 후 치아 우식활성도를 분석하는 실험연구이다. 타액을 채취하기 전 간단한 자기기입식 설문지를 작성하였고, paraffin을 1분간 저작하여 타액을 컵에 모은 후 screening strip 전면에 타액이 충분하게 묻도록 하여 측정하였다. 연구 대상자의 일반적 특성을 파악하기 위해 빈도와 백분율을 산출하였고, 연구대상자의 흡연과 음주 유무 혹은 기간에 따라 치아 우식활성도의 연관성을 알아보기 위하여 빈도와 백분율, $x^2$ 검증을 통하여 파악한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 1. 연구대상자들의 50% 이상에서 치아 우식활성도 평가의 음성단계를 나타내고 있었다. 2. 흡연은 S. mutans의 분포에 영향을 미치고 있으며, 흡연 기간이 길어질수록 S. mutans가 많아짐에 따라 치아 우식활성도가 높아졌다. 3. 음주는 S. mutans의 분포에 크게 영향을 미치고 있으며, 음주 기간이 길어질수록 S. mutans가 많아짐에 따라 치아 우식활성도가 높아졌다. 4. 연구대상자의 흡연 및 음주유무, 성별에 따른 우식활성도의 평균 차이는 맨휘트니 유 검정을 사용하여 분석한 결과, 우식의 단계와 흡연 및 음주유무, 성별에 따라 치아우식에는 근사유의확률 양측의 값이 각각 0.476, 0.974, 0.772이었으며, 모두 통계학적인 유의성은 없었다. 결론적으로 빈도와 백분율을 흡연과 음주는 초기 우식 유발 세균인 S. mutans의 분포에 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났으나, 통계학적으로는 유의미한 차이는 없었다. 향후 관련된 여러 요인들을 모두 관리, 통제하거나 추가적으로 선별 투입한 실험연구를 통하여 구강건강을 위한 다양하고 더 많은 사례연구가 요청되고 있다.

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