The purpose of this study was to investigate the impaction of oral health awareness upon the knowledge
and practice of oral health about occupational health nurses and then to promote oral health on workers
and to provide essential materials for oral health activity on work place. The subjects of this study were
51 occupational health nurses, who were working at work places belonging to Chung-Buk branch of
KOSHA, from January 19 to 23, 2015. The results were derived from using the SPSS 18.0 and were
analyzed using frequency analysis, multi-recurrence analysis, chi-square test, multiple response analysis. As a
results, the importance of and necessity of oral health were indicated as low-factors of oral health
awareness estimating oral health practice. Knowledge and practice of oral health were showed differently
according to oral health awareness of occupational health nurses. Also, amount of oral health education was
showed differently according to career of them. It was difficult to make chances about oral health
education for workers frequently because of the over-work on responsible worker. It was needed knowledge
of oral health on the education of oral health.