目的：台灣兒童齲齒情況仍居高不下。兒童齲齒中 尤以乳臼齒所佔比例較大，並且造成的問題與後果較嚴 重。目前文獻期刊上並未見有針對國內不銹鋼乳牙冠 Stainless steel crown, SSC)使用率做調查研究或確認其 低普及率原因做調查之研究。本研究希望深入探求其未 能普及的原因並提供相關可信數據。 方法：針對北部和南部12歲以下孩童之家長559 位，以結構式問卷進行調查。問卷調查內容為孩童及父 母親社會人口學基本資料、孩童與家長口腔衛生習慣及 就醫行為、家長對兒童牙科的常識、家長對孩童裝戴不 銹鋼乳牙冠的認知及接受情形。資料統整後使用 JMP6.0分析軟體進行統計分析。 結果：參與本研究的有效家長個案數共有559人， 研究中孩童裝戴不銹鋼乳牙冠接受率有23.97％。其中 5.97％的家長主動要求裝戴不銹鋼乳牙冠；而94.03％的 家長則是被動接受讓孩童裝戴不銹鋼乳牙冠。北部家長 接受度大於南部家長；男童的比例多於女童的比例；母 親教育程度為大專或研究所以上其接受孩童裝戴不銹鋼 乳牙冠比例較高。 結論：本研究顯示家長知道不銹鋼乳牙冠，且對於 不銹鋼乳牙冠的功能有所了解的父母接受度才會提高； 若對於不銹鋼乳牙冠的功能都呈現不了解的現象，將導 致家長的接受度低落。

Purpose The caries condition of children in Taiwan is very serious, and a large proportion of caries occurs in deciduous molars, causing more serious problems. At present, there are no associated researches about the utility rate of stainless steel crowns. The study surveyed the reasons of low utility rates of stainless steel crowns and provided related data.

Methods The study enrolled 559 parents whose children were under 12 years old and had dental treatment experience from the northern and the southern Taiwan. The study was surveyed by questionnaires, including the basic society demography, oral hygiene behavior, general knowledge about pediatric dentistry, and the awareness and acceptance of the stainless steel crown of the parents and their children. The data were analyzed by the statistics software of JMP6.0.

Results: Our study included 559 subjects, and it revealed that 23.9 percent of the children accept to wear stainless steel crowns and among of them, 5.97% of their parents request to wear stainless steel crowns their own. The proportion of wearing stainless steel crowns is higher in the northern Taiwan than in the southern Taiwan, and the boys are higher than the girls. The mothers who graduated from the collage or graduate school are more acceptable.

Conclusion: The study indicated that if their parents are aware of the function of stainless steel crowns, they will be more acceptable. Contrarily, if the parents do not realize the function of stainless steel crowns, there’re low proportion rates of acceptance.