• 치위협보
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• 통권23호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

• 치위협보
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• 통권27호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1999

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2019

The aim of this study was to clarify the barriers of dental treatment for special needs patients felt by dentists and to determine the dentist-related factors contributing to the obstacles in treatment planning and decision making. Questionnaires were distributed and responded by dentists working at five public-based special care clinics in South Korea. Factors divided into three parts (dentist demographics, clinical factors, and educational and administrational factors) were assessed and analyzed for correlations between dentist-related factors and dentist-felt burdens for special care treatment. Fisher's exact test and Chi-square test were used at the level of 0.05. A total of 34 dentists responded to the questionnaires. Almost all dentists had obstacles in the treatment of special needs patients in terms of the patients' lack of cooperation (94.1%), proxy communication with caregivers (94.1%), payment reward system (63.6%), deficient workforce (67.7%), and others. The longer dentists had been practicing for special needs patients, the more they were dissatisfied with the reward system and a longer time was spent for communication with patients and their caregivers (p<0.05). For specialists, more obstacles were experienced in treatment planning due to a deficiency in the clinical information obtained from their patients compared to general practitioners (p<0.05). A total of 82.4% of the respondents approved of mandatory educational programs for special care dentists. There were practitioner-based factors related to the amount of obstacles felt by special care dentists. To overcome the treatment barrier of special needs patients, in-depth education and training are required in special care dentistry.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2019

The aim of this study was to determine the factors contributing to the barrier of dental treatment for special needs patients perceived by the main caregivers of the patients. A questionnaire was developed with three parts: patient-related factors, caregiver-related factors, and factors for treatment barriers. Patient- and caregiver-related factors were analyzed for correlations with the barrier factors. Fisher's exact test and Chi-square test were used at the level of 0.05. A total of 52 caregivers (mean age [SD]=50.2 [11.5] years) for the patients with intellectual and cognitive disabilities (mean age [SD]=38.9 [21.3]) responded to the questionnaires. Oral hygiene status, need for assistance in tooth brushing, and cooperation for tooth brushing were correlated with the level of treatment cooperation of the patients (p<0.05). The above three factors were also correlated with the treatment barrier despite patients presenting oral symptoms (p<0.05). Two thirds of the caregivers felt the treatment cost as severe or a considerable financial burden. For patients, insurance types and need for assistance in tooth brushing, and for caregivers, education levels and financial status were significant factors contributing to financial burden (p<0.05). There were background factors of the patients and their caregivers associated with access to dental treatment for special needs patients. Deficient cooperative skills and financial burdens were the main obstacles to treatment access. Tooth brushing skills and oral hygiene status can be proxy measures to cooperative ability for dental treatment.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2010

전신마취는 치과치료시 일반적인 방법으로 행동조절이 불가능한 환자 및 별도의 의학적 처치가 필요한 환자를 위한 행동조절법 중 하나로 연구, 발전되어 왔다. 이 중 통계적 연구는 치과치료를 위한 전신마취를 받는 환자들에게 보다 양질의 진료를 공하기 위한 기초 자료를 제공하는데 그 의의가 있다. 따라서 이에 대한 연구가 지속적으로 이루어져 왔으나, 아직 국내에 서는 다수의 환자를 대상으로 한 장기간의 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 이에 1997년 1월부터 2008년 8월말까지 연세대학교 치과병원 소아치과 및 장애인 클리닉에서 시행된 치과치료를 위한 전신마취 1196례(1135명) 중 기록이 양호한 1126례(1065명)를 대상으로 자료를 수집하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 연령범위는 1~66세로 5세 미만이 410명(38.5%)으로 가장 많았으며, 성별은 남성이 695명(65.3%)으로 여성보다 더 많았다. 2. 치료 내용은 통계상의 평균치로 볼 때 수복치료가 1인당 5.6개, 유치 및 영구치에 대한 치수치료와 근관치료가 2.3개, 기성금관이 2.5개, 발치가 1.6개였으며, 치료 시간은 평균 100분이었다. 3. 576명(53.3%)의 환자가 6개월 미만으로 재내원하였으며, 내원 횟수는 평균 4.3회였다. 4. 치과치료를 위한 전신마취를 받은 횟수는 1022명(95.9%)이 전신마취를 1회 받았으며 43명(4.1%)의 환자가 2회 이상 전신마취를 받았다. 따라서 전신마취하의 치과치료는 대부분의 치과치료를 한번에 시행할 수 있고 환자와 보호자의 스트레스를 최소화 할 수 있으며, 양질의 진료 환경을 제공함으로서 만족스러운 치료결과를 기대할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 그러나 구강 질환의 특성상 적절한 사후 관리가 이루어지지 않는다면 적절한 구강 건강을 유지하기 어렵다. 따라서 앞으로의 연구를 통해 전신마취하 과치료의 효율성을 향상시키고 그 이후의 체계적인 검진 계획을 확립하는 것이 중요하다.