Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the status of orthodontic treatment and facial plastic surgery among 389 patients who visited dental clinics located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. After the collection of data, an analysis was carried out using a spss statistical program. The analysis results are as follows. the level of satisfaction with orthodontic treatment from patients with experience of the orthodontic treatment turned out to be high(p<0.01). Women considered 3.01 to 4 million won to be reasonable cost for orthodontic treatment (p<0.05), which is higher cost recognized by men, and patients with experience of orthodontic treatment recognized 19 to 24 months as the proper orthodontic treatment period(p<0.01). In addition, women showed higher figures than men in their awareness on the need for orthodontic treatment checkups(p<0.001), and facial plastic surgery experience (p<0.01). With respect to the part of the face on which they hoped to have plastic surgery, eye plastic surgery was higher in women (p<0.01), and nose surgery turned out to be higher in patients with experience of orthodontic treatment(p<0.05). Meanwhile, women considered the eye as the most important part among other facial areas (p<0.001), and they recognized that dentist should perform plastic surgery on both jaws among facial areas(p<0.01). In conclusion, the dental medical staff should provide consultations and operate treatment systems in consideration of gender differences and needs of dental patients. In the case of orthodontic treatment for the improvement of facial appearance, especially double jaw surgery which is closely related to the oral function, professional dental medical staff needs to perform the operation, considering the special oral environment. In addition, it is determined that provision of relevant medical information and promotion of dental service is required to provide patients with correct knowledge about orthodontic treatment and facial plastic surgery.
본 연구는 서울 경기지역의 치과에 내원한 389명의 환자를 대상으로 교정치료 및 안면성형 수술에 대한 실태를 조사하고자 하였다. 자료수집 후 spss 통계프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 교정치료경험이 있는 환자의 치열만족도가 높게 나타났고(p<0.01), 여자가 남자보다 301-400만원이 적당한 교정치료 비용이라고 높게 인식하고 있었으며(p<0.05) 교정치료 경험이 있는 환자가 19-24개월 이하를 적절한 교정치료 기간으로 인식하고 있었다(p<0.01). 또한 여자가 남자보다 교정치료 검진 필요성(p<0.001), 안면성형수술 경험(p<0.01)이 높게 나타났다. 안면성형수술 희망부위에서는 여자가 눈 수술이(p<0.01), 교정치료 경험이 있는 환자에서는 코 수술이 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 한편, 여자가 안면 부위 중 눈을 가장 중요하게 인식하고 있었으며(p<0.001), 안면성형 부위 중 양악을 치과에서 해야 한다고 높게 인식하고 있었다(p<0.01). 결론적으로 임상에서 교정치료 및 안면성형을 희망하는 환자 상담 시 성별 및 개인의 요구를 파악하여 진료에 반영하고 특히 안면성형 중 양악수술은 구강의 기능을 고려해야 하므로 치과의료진의 참여가 필수적이라 사료된다.
