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The Development of Classification System of Dental Services for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders  

Song, Yun-Heon (Department of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, Dankook University)
Kim, Mee-Eun (Department of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, Dankook University)
Kim, Ki-Suk (Department of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, Dankook University)
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Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain / v.30, no.2, 2005 , pp. 257-268 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is recently suggested in Korea that Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) is an alternative plan of Korean Dental Fee Schedule which has been operated on a fee-for-service basis since the introduction of the national health insurance program in 1977. RBRVS applicable to diagnosis and treatment for temporomandibular disorders (TMD), a common cause of orofacial pain, is needed to be estimated in Korea and the establishment of the standard terminology of dental procedures for TMD should be preceded. The purposes of this study were to develop a new classification system of health care service items for TMD and to investigate time needed for each item, which enables RBRVS to be estimated prior to establishment the payment system of health care services for TMD. The dental service items for TMD in this study were categorized through Delphi process which 10 TMD specialists were participated in and the time needed for each service item was investigated by work sampling and time study method with a stopwatch. The results of this study demonstrated the new classification system of dental services for TMD comprising 151 service items and exhibited the average time for each items ranging from 7.22 min for cold laser therapy to 171.71 min for direct fabrication of anterior repositioning splint. Conclusively, it is suggested that the classification system for TMD developed in this study, considering specific characteristics on basis of resources for health care service of dental procedures, should be helpful to estimate payment level for each service item.
Keywords
fee schedule; health insurance; RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value Scales); temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD); standard classification of dental procedure;
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