Subjective Oral Health Perception and Oral Health Behavior in of Korean Adolescents

The subjective oral health perception refers to the oral health condition a person perceives him-self/herself. A positive motivation may be given for personal oral health management. There is a relationship between subjective oral health per-ception, oral health conditions and oral health be-haviors (1-3). an‎d the subjective health level is a useful way to easily and simply assess adolescents’ health (4). For Korean adolescents who spend most of their time in school and are unable to use dental institutions, therefore, the subjective health perception index with which Korean adolescents can have self-oral health conditions and detect their behaviors must be used.