• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.71-75
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• 2012

Purpose : Dental trauma is frequently unpredictable. The initial assessment and urgent treatment are essential for dentists to save the patient's teeth. Mobile-phone-assisted teleconsultation and telediagnosis for dental trauma could be an aid when a dentist is not available. In the present in-vitro study, we evaluated the success rate and time to transfer images under various conditions. Materials and Methods : We analyzed the image quality of cameras built into mobile phones based on their resolution, autofocus, white-balance, and anti-movement functions. Results : The image quality of most built-in cameras was acceptable to perform the initial assessment, with the autofocus function being essential to obtain high-quality images. The transmission failure rate increased markedly when the image size exceeded 500 kB and the additional text messaging did not improve the success rate or the transmission time. Conclusion : Our optimal protocol could be useful for emergency programs running on the mobile phones.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.187-193
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• 2013

Epinephrine is one of the most widely-used vasoconstrictors in dental treatment including endodontic microsurgery. However, the systemic safety of epinephrine has been in debate for many years because of its potential risk to cause cardiovascular complications. The purpose of this review was to assess the cardiovascular effect of epinephrine use in endodontic microsurgery. Endodontic microsurgery directly applies epinephrine into the bone cavity, and the amount is reported to be much larger than other dental surgeries. Moreover, when considering that systemic potency of intraosseous application is reported to be comparable to intravenous application, the systemic influence of epinephrine could be increased in endodontic microsurgery. Besides, pre-existing cardiovascular complications or drug interactions can enhance its systemic influence, resulting in increased susceptibility to cardiovascular complications. Although clinical studies have not reported significant complications for patients without severe systemic complications, many epinephrine-induced emergency cases are warning the cardiovascular risk related with pre-existing systemic disease or drug interactions. Epinephrine is a dose-sensitive drug, and its hypersensitivity reaction can be fatal to patients when it is related to cardiovascular complications. Therefore, clinicians should recognize the risk, and the usage of pre-operative patient evaluation, dose control and patient monitoring are required to ensure patient's safety during endodontic microsurgery.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.217-228
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of dental trauma management in elementary, middle and high school teachers using questionnaires. 325 elementary school teachers, 101 middle school teachers, and 232 high school teachers, totally 658(males of 362, females of 296)teachers were provided with the questionnaires. Part I in the questionnaires was composed of their gender, age, experience as teachers and whether they received education about dental trauma or not. Part II included questions about appropriate attitudes in case of specific dental trauma. Part III was composed of questions asking knowledges about states of damaged teeth and possible emergency service. The attitude in managing tooth fracture showed significant difference between male and female teachers. The attitude in managing tooth avulsion showed significant difference among elementary, middle and high school teachers. Although it had difference according to questions, insufficient knowledge and awareness about the management of dental trauma were shown in the majority of teachers. It is recommended that educational program for improvement of awareness about immediate management of traumatized teeth is necessary for teachers.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.607-612
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• 2009

The malignant tumor in childhood is one of the main causes of children s death due to disease. The traditional treatment for the malignancy is known for the radiation therapy and the chemical therapy or both. However, the treatments tend to induce intraoral complications. Different from adults, almost all children on cancer therapy are expected to have dental complications, because their permanent teeth are on the developmental stage. The degree of dental complication depends on the patient's age, type of chemical and other factors-radiation dose and frequency. In this report, 3 children who had experienced the anti-cancer therapy on their age between 1 and 4 years were selected and dental complications were examined. The children have chance for the various oral complications including the developmental problems such as agenesis, microdontia and hypoplasia of the teeth. Therefore, it's important to understand the side-effects of anticancer therapy during the permanent teeth had been developmental stage in young patients. Also, oral health care specialists, including pediatric and hospital dentist can support the oncology team by providing basic oral care, implementing oral care protocols, delivering emergency dental treatment undergoing anticancer treatment.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.206-208
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• 2020

An 80-year-old Korean woman who previously experienced penicillin allergy presented to a dental hospital for treatment of a fractured tooth. A dentist extracted the tooth and prescribed her A-cillin (amoxicillin hydrate) 250 mg orally 3 times a day for 3 days and Carol-F^® (ibuprofen arginine) orally 3 times a day for 3 days. She received the prescriptions, returned home, and took one dose of each drug. One hour later, she experienced hypertension, itching, shortness of breath, and was unable to move her tongue to pronounce words. Approximately 6 hours after drug administration, the symptoms persisted, and the patient was admitted to an emergency medical center (EMC). The patient was discharged from the EMC after a one-night stay in the hospital for symptomatic treatment.

• Proceedings of the KACD Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.583.1-583
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• 2001

One fifth dilution of formocresol is usually used for pulpotomy of primary teeth and emergency pulpotomy of permanent teeth. Recently Depulpin (VoCo., Germany) gains popularity as devitalizing agent during root canal therapy in spite of high concentration of 49% paraformaldehyde. But there are not enough publications about the reaction of dental pulp and periapical tissue caused by Depulpin. Therefore, This study was performed to evaluate the histological changes in pulp and periapical tissue of rat after pulpotomy using formocresol and Depulpin.(omitted)

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.67-71
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• 2011

The aim of this study is to review the mannequin simulation. The mannequin simulation is widely used in the education of paramedic, fire fighter, nurse, dental school, and anesthesia. The wide scopes of mannequin simulation comprise the history, evolution, and application to problem-based learning.

• Animal Bioscience
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.1723-1726
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• 2021

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.35-53
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• 2020

The treatment of fractured teeth in the upper anterior area has various causes and clinical symptoms at different ages. Most patients come to the clinic in emergency state, so if you're treating them with accurate diagnosis criteria, You'll get aesthetic and functionally satisfying results. I'm going to take a look at the treatment of the upper anterior tooth, which is more sensitive than other parts, with the case I've treated before. The case I treated cannot be the answer, but I hope it will be of any help if youencounter similar symptoms in your clinical trial.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.381-386
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• 2008

This study was to examine the knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and capability of skill for Dept. of Dental Hygiene students in performing basic skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation as the following AHA's CPR 2005 Guide-Lines. And we hope to know the influence of those affect on the correctness of chest thrusts, the correctness of artificial respiration, and the correctness of skill performing. As a SPSS 14.0 program's analyzing results, we came to the following conclusions : 1. In the basic CPR's knowledge, the scores of knowledge rose from 5.93 before education to 12.46 after education. In attitude, the scores of attitude rose from 2.52 to 3.71 after education. In self-efficacy's scores, rose from 3.22 to 3.26 too, and all components have statistically significant differences(P < .05). 2. In performing CPR, the correctness of chest thrusts is 68.90%, artificial respiration is 19.00%. 3. Total average score of the capability of skill is 4.51. 4. Only self-efficacy affected the correctness of chest thrusts after education(P < .05). 5. Attitude after education affected both the correctness of artificial respiration and skill performing(P < .05).