Current Issue
March, 2026
- Vol. 14 No. 01
- Dental Hygienists’ Perceptions of Oral Care for Residents in Long-term Care Facilities: The Need for Institutional Improvement and Dedicated Personnel
Objective: This study investigated dental hygienists’ perceptions of oral care for residents in long-term care facilities and provided foundational data to establish the role of dental hygienists in a super-aged society. Methods: An online survey of ...
- Care Workers’ Performance of Oral Health Care for the Elderly and Correlating Factors
Objective: We analyzed care workers’ performance of oral health care for the elderly in care facilities, difficulties encountered during care, recognition of related barriers, and educational needs, to inform the development of educational and ...
- A Survey on Oral Health Awareness, Practices, and Educational Needs among Social Welfare Facility Workers
Objective: We examined caregivers’ awareness of the revised social welfare facility evaluation indicators, oral health awareness, attitudes, oral health practice, and educational needs following the 2024 inclusion of oral care as a mandatory ...
- The Relationship between the Oral Care Practices and Interest Levels of Mothers of School-Age Children and Their Children’s Oral Care Behavior and the Number of Teeth with Caries Experience
Objective: This study investigated the relationship between the level of oral care practice and interest of mothers of school-age children and their children's oral care behavior. Methods: Data were collected from 198 mothers of school-age ...
- Trends in the Prevalence of Smoking among Korean Adolescents by Weekly Allowance: The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey(2011–2017)
Objective: This study examined long-term trends in adolescent smoking based on weekly allowance and analyzed changes in smoking behavior to inform effective tobacco control policies. Methods: Data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior ...
- Deep Learning–Based Classification of Early Occlusal Caries from QLF Fluorescence Images: A Conceptual Validation Study
Objective: This study explored the preliminary feasibility of automatically classifying early-stage occlusal caries using deep learning applied to QLF fluorescence images. We examined whether the QS-Occlusal classification system could ...
- Effect of Peer-Assisted Learning on Learning Outcomes in Dental Hygiene Students
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of peer-assisted learning (PAL) on learning motivation, Learning attitude, and student participation among dental hygiene students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study included ...