• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.861-870
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• 2012

Objectives : This study has made a comparison of the difference between the periodontal parameter before and after applying dental hygiene process on patients requiring supportive periodontal therapy at a private dental clinic. Methods : The entire process was conducted on 74 patients. As a result of analyzing the difference in periodontal parameters such as PPD>4mm, BOP, and O'Leary Index of 29 patients that has completed 1 circle of dental hygiene process. Results : All periodontal parameters in all subject patients had been significantly reduced(p<0.05). Furthermore, as a result of comparing the periodontal conditions of the smoking group and non-smoking group, complier and non-complier, all parameters were reduced with a significant difference in the non-smoking group and the complier, but the smoking group and the non-complier did not show difference in all parameters. As a result of making an assessment of before and after dental hygiene process according to PRA classifications, high risk group has been generally changed to moderate or low risk group. Conclusions : Accordingly, the supportive periodontal therapy applying dental hygiene process has been shown to be effective. The dental hygiene process in periodontal patients who require continuous management is anticipated to be a very efficient process.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.889-897
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• 2020

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether there was a connection between oral health and memory loss in elderly individuals with no abnormalities in their daily lives and to identify factors affecting memory loss. Methods: This study aimed to identify an association between the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index and Subjective Memory Complaints for the elderly individuals living in the community. Results: The results of analyzing the oral health assessment according to the general characteristics of the study participants revealed that with increase in age, income (p=0.05) and oral health of the elderly living alone decreased compared to those living together in the family (p=0.05). Moreover, the lower the income (p=0.05), the higher was the memory loss for the elderly living alone than for the elderly living together with their family (p=0.05). Conclusions: The study identified a link between oral health of the elderly and subjective memory loss and observed that oral health, cohabitation, and income level were related to subjective memory loss. Therefore, oral health should be considered as a predictor of memory loss for the elderly.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.64-73
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• 2019

Authors have selected a physiological bad breath patient( 62 years old, male ) among the bad breath outpatients who have visited the halitosis control clinic in Korea University Medical Center(KUMC). The patient visited the halitosis control clinic for his oral malodor control, 3 times from April to June in 2018, and in August the patient visited to KUMC malodor control clinic again for his assessment of his two months efforts. Getting the data about the patient's endeavor to get over his physiologic oral malodor and the estimation of the patient's satisfaction level at his oral malodor improvement by a questionnaire method, and the organoleptic level assessment by the dentist, then we could propose an estimation method of the physiologic oral malodor patient care prognosis.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.717-731
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• 2020

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop applicable standards for clinical dental hygiene practice in Korea and to evaluate their validity. Methods: Based on the standards for clinical dental hygiene practice developed in the United States and Canada, the standards were adapted to be applicable in Korea. The validity of the standards was evaluated by a self-writing questionnaire among 14 professors and 10 clinicians using a developed tool for evaluating the standards. A focus group interview was additionally conducted for clinicians to increase the validity of the standards. Descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney test were performed using SPSS 25.0. To analyze the content of the focus group interviews, content analysis was conducted. Results: The standards for clinical dental hygiene practice consisted of five elements of professionalism for dental hygienists and a total of 28 items to perform the five stages of dental hygiene process of care (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation) and included conceptual meaning, clinical significance, and application methods with examples for each item. Conclusions: The standards for clinical dental hygiene practice developed in this study could contribute to standardizing dental clinical practices provided by dental hygienists. It is necessary to consistently improve the standards that are highly practical, to prevent oral diseases and maintain oral health of the public, based on the results of this validity evaluation.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2009

이 연구는 치위생과정에 근거한 임상치위생학 교육과정을 도입하기 위하여 현재 운영 중인 임상치위생학의 교육의 실태를 조사한 연구이다. 50개 대학의 (학)과장을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 면접조사 및 전자우편 조사를 실시하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 설문에 응답한 대학의 53.1%는 1999년 이전 (1977-1999년)에 개설되었고, 46.9%는 2000년 이후(2000-2006년)에 개설되었다 학제는 3년제 치위생과가 28개교(87.5%)이었고 4년제 치위생학과가 4개교(12.5%)이었다. 입학정원은 40명 이하(37.4%)가 가장 많았다. 2. 임상치위생학 실습에서 교수 한 명이 지도하는 학생의 수는 평균 22명이었고, 응답 대학의 62.5%가 포괄치위생과정에 관한 교육을 하고 있었다. 실습 시 평균적으로 한 명의 환자가 실습실을 내원하는 횟수는 특별히 정해놓지 않는다(32.3%)가 가장 많았고, 그 다음으로 1회 (29.0%), 3회(16.1%), 2회 (12.9%), 4회(9.7%) 순이었다. 3. 치위생과정의 다섯 단계에 관한 강의여부에서 사정과 수행단계는 대부분의 대학에서 실시하고 있었으며, 치위생판단(68.8%), 계획수립 (65.6%), 평가(68.8%)는 비교적 낮았다. 4. 실제로 강의 시간에 치위생과정의 개념에 관한 교육이 있는지 조사한 결과, 56.7%의 대학에서 강의가 이루어지고 있었다. 강의에서 사용하는 주 교재는 'Clinical practice of the dental hygienist (Wilkins) 또는 임상치위생학 (김숙향 역)'이 40.0%로 가장 많았다. 이를 종합해 볼 때, 치위생과정을 임상치위생학 교육과정에 도입하기 위해서는 치위생판단올 위한 진단 모형, 계획수립의 절차, 평가 방법에 관한 교육을 보강해야 할 것이다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.134-141
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• 2016

이번 연구는 치위생학과 교육과정에서 이론과 실습으로 구성된 효과적인 치과의료커뮤니케이션의 교육과정을 개발하기 위한 목적으로 운영되었으며, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. '관계 형성하기', '대화 열기', '정보 수집하기', '상대방의 시각 이해하기', '정보 공유하기', '의견일치 보기', '마무리짓기' 등 7가지 평가항목에서 교육 전보다 교육 후 모든 점수가 상승되었다. 이 중 '정보 수집하기'의 자가평가 수준은 수업 후 통계적으로 유의한 변화가 있었다(p=0.008). 치과의료커뮤니케이션 수업에 참여한 학생들은 교과목에 대한 중요성과 필요성에 대해 수업운영 전보다 후에 높게 인식하는 것으로 조사되었는데, '치과의료커뮤니케이션 수업은 치과위생사의 전문성을 키우는 데 중요하다고 생각하나요', '치과의료커뮤니케이션 수업이 교육과정에서 필요하다고 생각하나요' 라는 항목에서는 수업 전후 각각 통계적 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=0.019, p=0.016). 이러한 결과로 볼 때 치과위생사에게 필요한 핵심역량인 치과의료커뮤니케이션 역량을 향상시킬 수 있는 교육과정은 치위생(학) 교육과정으로 반드시 포함되어야 한다. 치과의료커뮤니케이션 역량은 교육과 학습을 통해 계발 및 향상될 수 있다. 따라서 치과의료현장에서 필요한 치과의료커뮤니케이션 요소들을 보다 구체적으로 정리하고, 이론 교육만이 아닌 실습 교육을 포함한 체계적이고, 학년 간 연계 가능한 교육과정의 개발이 시급한 것으로 판단된다. 또한 연구 대상자 수를 늘리고, 자가수준의 평가가 아닌 학생들의 커뮤니케이션 역량을 객관적으로 측정할 수 있는 평가도구 개발과 표준화된 치과의료커뮤니케이션 교육과정이 필요할 것으로 본다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.531-539
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• 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to design a CRA questionnaire specifically for Korean children and adolescents based on the results of two Delphi survey completed by dental professionals. Methods: Based on the CAMBRA^® CRA tool, updated in 2019, we constructed a questionnaire on the oral environment and behavior of children and adolescents. Then, the CVR and I-CVI were evaluated using the results of the first and second Delphi surveys involving 20 professionals. Results: After the first Delphi survey, six items were considered invalid because their CVR and I-CVI were below the recommended values of 0.42 and 0.78, respectively. After receiving feedback from the professional panels, nine items were removed. In the second Delphi survey, the questionnaire contained a total of 21 items, all of which showed good CVR and I-CVI. After modifications based on the opinions of professional panels, the questionnaire was finalized to have 21 questions. Conclusions: The finalized questionnaire with 21 items, based on the opinions of professional panels, showed excellent CVR and I-CVI for all the items. Structured programs with updated guidelines must be developed for Korean children and adolescents in further studies.

• 대한치위생과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2022

Background: Dental hygienists undergo 3 or 4 years of college education, and dental hygienist education must receive continuous feedback through evaluation. The purpose of this study was to compare the educational performance of students from the Department of Dental Hygiene in 2018 with those from other departments in the healthcare field. Methods: We used data from the National Assessment of Student Engagement in Learning, conducted by the Korean Educational Development Institute in 2018. The survey data of 55 dental hygiene students and 60 healthcare students at K University were provided after excluding all identifying information. An independent t-test was used for comparisons between the Department of Dental Hygiene and other healthcare departments. Results: Regarding class-related activities, dental hygiene students were passive in presentations, discussions, and projects and had significantly lower grades in cooperative learning and challenging learning. Regarding extra-class activities, dental hygiene students had significantly lower global learning and external experiences, domestic experiences, club activities, and interactions with professors. Regarding learning outcomes, students had significantly lower grades in writing, speaking, critical and analytical thinking, data evaluation, understanding of data meaning, problem-solving ability, goal setting and execution, core content extraction, human and material resource utilization, creative convergence thinking, statistical understanding and analysis, information technology use, collaboration, sense of community, stress management, time management, and foreign language proficiency. Conclusions: Dental hygiene education requires innovation in educational methods and efforts of instructors to improve poor learning activities and outcomes.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1053-1061
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the influencing factors of community scaling rate using community health survey data. Methods: The data were extracted from 2013 Community Health Survey, Ministry of education, Korea Dental Association, Statistics Korea, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, and Ministry of the Interior. The resource factors of independent variables were analysed by Geographical Information System(GIS) using Map Wizard for Excel 17.0. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis, pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis(p<0.05). Results: Seocho-gu in Seoul had the highest annual scaling rate(55.5%) and Goheung-gun had the lowest rate(11%) showing 44.5 percent gap. The influencing factors of scaling included the number of dental hygienists(r=0.316), dentists(r=0.332), dental hospitals(r=0.470), high school graduation rate(r=0.757) and equivalence scales household income(r=0.764)(p<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that community scaling rate was closely associated with community education level and monthly income(p<0.05). Conclusions: Community scaling rate was closely related to the community education and income level. It is necessary to provide the equal distribution of the oral health service to the community society.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.949-961
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• 2020

Objectives: This study investigated the relevance of dietary behavior and oral management for oral heath in adults to extend the recognition of the importance of food intake in oral health and to provide basic information for oral health management. Methods: A survey and clinical assessment were conducted for 119 adults over 20 years of age. The chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were carried out using SPSS Statistics 20.0. Results: Gingivitis was influenced less when ham and sausage in the sub-area of meat, fish, egg, and bean were consumed once a week rather than the cases when consumed rarely (3.47 times) or when consumed two times or more a week (7.87 times) (p<0.05). Periodontitis was influenced more in the groups of 30s and 40s age than in that of over 50 years of age (14.97 times, 7.73 times) and in the group without drinking experience than in group with that (4.17 times) (p<0.05). Conclusions: The results verified the close relationship between food intake frequency and oral health in patients with periodontitis and gingivitis. Thus, it would be necessary to study the relationship between dietary behavior and oral health continuously.