Injury Prevention, Safety Education and Violence in Relation to the Risk of Tooth Fracture among Korean Adolescents

Han-Na Kim, Yong-Bong Kwon, Min-Ji Byon and Jin-Bom Kim
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Han-Na Kim: Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Cheongju University, Cheongju 28503, Korea
Yong-Bong Kwon: Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea
Min-Ji Byon: Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea
Jin-Bom Kim: Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to determine the injury prevention-, safety education-, and violence-related factors pertaining to tooth fracture experience (TFE) in Korean adolescents. We used data from the 14th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS) in 2018. The 60,040 participants were selected using a complex sampling design from middle and high schools. The participants completed a self-administered questionnaire. The explanatory variables, including school safety education and violence, were assessed in relation to prevention of traumatic injuries. Complex-samples multivariable logistic regression models were applied to explain the factors related to TFE over the past 12 months. The overall prevalence of TFE was 11.4%. Risk factors related to tooth fractures were not wearing a seatbelt on an express bus, not wearing helmets while riding motorcycles and bicycles, clinical treatment due to injuries at school, injuries associated with earphone/smartphones use, and lack of school safety education such as danger evacuation training. The top risk factor was injuries associated with earphone/smartphone usage, followed by lack of familiarity with school safety education. Thus, to prevent tooth fractures among adolescents, schools should strengthen their safety education, including education regarding mobile device usage, and wearing a seatbelt and wearing a helmet. Care should be taken to manage facilities around the school and to prevent injury related to tooth fracture. Further studies on various risk factors related to tooth fractures are warranted.

Keywords: adolescent; injury prevention; oral health; safety education; tooth fracture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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