Abstract

This study was conducted on industrial workers to develop an integrated health promotion program on chronic disease and oral health, and to provide basic data for an effective management plan by conducting comparison analysis of periodontal health status based on the findings of hypertension and diabetes disease, and by understanding of influencing factors on periodontal health status. And the study was conducted on 4,600 workers in certain areas from March 22, 2010 to June 18, 2010. The results of the study indicates significant difference by having high plaque and gingivitis ratio in the people who had the findings of hypertension and having high plaque ratio in the people who had the findings of diabetes disease. Regarding the influences on periodontal health status, gender, age, whether the subject visited a dental hospital, whether the subject had scaling treatment, smoking, and hypertension had influenced gingivitis. And gender, age, whether the subject visited a dental hospital, whether the subject had scaling treatment, smoking, and hypertension had influenced plaque. And the aforementioned 2 groups had statistically significant difference, and the conclusion is established that metabolic syndrome which is measured during the health exam of workers is an important disease potentially threatening the health of workers and also highly related to oral health.

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