• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2022

The review of known decisions showed that currently there are no systems and technologies for supporting the decision about the possibility of concluding the civil law agreements for medical, therapeutic and dental services. The paper models the decision-making support process on the possibility of concluding the civil law agreements for medical, therapeutic and dental services, which is the theoretical basis for the development of rules, methods and system for supporting the decision about the possibility of concluding the civil law agreements for medical, therapeutic and dental services. The paper also developed the system for supporting the decision about the possibility of concluding the civil law agreements for medical, therapeutic and dental services, which automatically and free determines the possibility or impossibility of concluding the corresponding civil law agreement for the provision of a corresponding medical service. In the case of formation of a conclusion about the possibility of concluding the agreement, further conclusion and signing of the corresponding agreement takes place. In the case of forming a conclusion about the impossibility of concluding the agreement, a request is made for finalizing the relevant agreement for the provision of the relevant medical service, indicating the reasons for the impossibility of concluding the agreement - missing essential conditions in the agreement. After finalization, the agreement can be analyzed again by the developed system for supporting the decision.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제11B권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2004

최근 치과 분야의 정보화는 환자자료와 진단영상의 취득과 관리 등을 포함하는 통합 정보화시스템으로써 급속히 발전되었다. 이러한 시스템이 성공하기 위해선 의사가 정확하게 질환을 진단하고 치료하도록 양질의 정보를 제공하며 환자들에게 필요한 고가의 치료를 효과적으로 설득할 수 있는 기능이 확보되어야 한다. 이러한 측면에서 치과분야 시뮬레이션이 가능한 3차원 재구성된 치아모델이 필요하다 치과분야의 치아조작은 대부분 개별 치아 단위로 이루어진다. 따라서 3차원 치아 재구성 시스템은 개변치아의 영역분할과 치아에 맞는 재구성기술이 요구된다. 본 논문에서 적응 최적 임계화를 사용한 치아단위 영역분할 방안과 분할된 경계를 사용한 윤곽선 기반방식의 치아 재구성방안을 제안한다. 즉, 연속된 CT영상에서 개별치아 영역을 정확히 분할하기 위해 슬라이스마다 적응적으로 결정된 최적의 임계치를 사용하여 각 치아를 인접한 이웃 치아와 치조골로부터 분리한다. 분할결과는 3차원 재구성되어 개별 치아를 조작하는 사용자의 입력에 따라 3차원 공간상에서 치아의 이동, 발거 동작을 바탕으로 치과 진료의 시뮬레이션을 가능하게 한다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2022

Purpose : The study was to promote patient safety by analyzing the effect of dental hygienist's perception of patient safety culture on infection control activities. Methods : The study is based on a survey of 210 dental hygienists in total working in dental settings. To find out infection control activities according to patient safety culture awareness, there were 6 general characteristics, 3 teamwork within the department, 2 infection control systems, 4 surface management, 9 equipment washing, disinfection, and laundry management, 4 infectious wastes, and 3 personal protection phrases.The data was analyzed using the SPSS version 20.0, and p<.05 was adopted to decide on significance. Results : The longer dental hygienists have worked n the dental settings, the more active they become in infection control activities. Among the different types of dental care settings, general (university) hospitals had the largest number of infection control activities, followed by dental clinics, and network dental clinics, in descending order. The dental settings possessing a higher number of dental hygienists were found to conduct more infection control activities than other dental settings. In addition, it was found that when a dental setting adopts a patient safety policy across all the units in the hospital, more systems and procedures for patient safety tend to be established, and that stricter management response to error leads to improvement of infection control activities. Conclusion :In order to enhance infection control activities, infection control activity programs should develop and implement periodic reinforcement of infection control education. regular monitoring of infection control activities.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제57권9호
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• pp.504-513
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• 2019

Dental education is gradually transitioning to competency-based education system, which aims to help dentists achieve certain core competencies by means of various systems, such as curriculum accreditation. This study examined satisfaction with dental school education and the differences in the perceived importance and self-assessment of competencies among general dentists, in an attempt to propose a desirable direction for dental education. A questionnaire was administered to new general dentists who graduated from a dental school within the past 10 years. The results of the survey were analyzed using the Importance-Performance Analysis to understand differences in dentists' perceptions. Overall satisfaction with education was low in terms of the curriculum's relevance to actual practice and its capacity for cultivating required competencies. Furthermore, many of the respondents strongly perceived the need to improve dental education. Additional investigations into the satisfaction with education showed no difference. Among the seven key competency domains, dentists perceived Health Promotion to be important and also assessed themselves as having high competence. However, regarding the perceived importance of the remaining domains, self-assessment of competence was low for Professionalism, Communication & Interpersonal Skills, Knowledge Base, Information Handling & Critical Thinking, Clinical Information Gathering, Diagnosis & Treatment Planning, and Establishment & Maintenance of Oral Health. The results of this study suggest that a competency-based education model should be developed and incorporated into dental education to set performance standards and to promote systematic self-assessment in order to foster the development of competence in dental students.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2016

Dentists often sedate patients in order to reduce their dental phobia and stress during dental treatment. Sedatives are administered through various routes such as oral, inhalation, and intravenous routes. Intravenous administration has the advantage of rapid onset of action, predictable duration of action, and easy titration. Typically, midazolam, propofol or dexmedetomidine are used as intravenous sedatives. Administration of these sedatives via infusion by using a syringe pump is more effective and successful than infusing them as a bolus. However, during intravenous infusion of sedatives or opioids using a syringe pump, fatal accidents may occur due to the clinician's carelessness. To prevent such risks, smart syringe pumps have been introduced clinically. They allow clinicians to perform effective sedation by using a computer to control the dose of the drug being infused. To ensure patient safety, various alarm features along with a drug library, which provides drug information and prevents excessive infusion by limiting the dose, have been added to smart pumps. In addition, programmed infusion systems and target-controlled infusion systems have also been developed to enable effective administration of sedatives. Patient-controlled infusion, which allows a patient to control his/her level of sedation through self-infusion, has also been developed. Safer and more successful sedation may be achieved by fully utilizing these new features of the smart pump.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.271-280
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• 2023

PURPOSE. This in vitro study aimed to compare the accuracy of the conventional facebow system and the newly developed POP (PNUD (Pusan National University Dental School) Occlusal Plane) bow system for occlusal plane transfer in asymmetric ear position. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Two dentists participated in this study, one was categorized as Experimenter 1 and the other as Experimenter 2 based on their clinical experience with the facebow (1F, 2F) and POP bow (1P, 2P) systems. The vertical height difference between the two ears of the phantom model was set to 3 mm. Experimenter 1 and Experimenter 2 performed the facebow and POP bow systems on the phantom model 10 times each, and the transfer accuracy was analyzed. The accuracy was evaluated by measuring the angle between the reference virtual plane (RVP) of the phantom model and the experimental virtual plane (EVP) of the upper mounting plate through digital superimposition. All data were statistically analyzed using a paired t-test (P < .05). RESULTS. Regardless of clinical experience, the POP bow system (0.53° ± 0.30 (1P) and 0.19° ± 0.18 (2P) for Experimenter 1 and 2, respectively) was significantly more accurate than the facebow system (1.88° ± 0.50 (1F) and 1.34° ± 0.25 (2F), respectively) in the frontal view (P < .05). In the sagittal view, no significant differences were found between the POP bow system (0.92° ± 0.50 (1P) and 0.73° ± 0.42 (2P) for Experimenter 1 and 2, respectively) and the facebow system (0.82° ± 0.49 (1F) and 0.60° ± 0.39 (2F), respectively), regardless of clinical experience (P > .05). CONCLUSION. In cases of asymmetric ear position, the POP bow system may transfer occlusal plane information more accurately than the facebow system in the frontal view, regardless of clinical experience.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.93-106
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• 2020

Purpose : This study examines dental hygienists' emotional labor, job satisfaction, and turnover intention and defines how this emotional labor affects job satisfaction and turnover intention in hospitals. Methods : Among the dental hygienists currently working for the dental department in hospitals and clinics located in Busan, South Korea, 216 dental hygienists who understood the purpose of this research and agreed to participate were instructed to answer a self-administered questionnaire from April 1 to April 30, 2019. A statistical analysis was subsequently conducted on the responses using the SPSS Win 23.0 program. Results : Emotional labor and job satisfaction showed a negative relationship; thus, as emotional labor was low, job satisfaction was high. Moreover, emotional labor and turnover intention were found to be positively correlated, while job satisfaction and turnover intention were shown to be negatively related (p<0.01). Conclusion : The present study demonstrated that the emotional labor of dental hygienists affects job satisfaction and turnover intention. The results suggests that through systematic organization and human resource management, hospitals should design and implement in practice programs to increase dental hygienists' job satisfaction. In addition, these hospitals should secure compensation systems that are motivating enough to enhance the severe emotional labor of dental hygienists to decrease turnover intention. As another method to lower turnover intention, dental hygienists may attempt to resolve emotional disharmony with their own problem-solving methods; however, it is necessary to develop and support organizational culture for the improvement of their working environment.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.40-54
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• 2024

This study aims to identify the regional distribution in the prevalence of dental caries and related multidimensional factors among 12-year-old children in Korea. Data from the 2018 Child Oral Health Survey were used to calculate the average DMFT index of 12-year-old children in metropolitan cities, and a multi-level regression model was applied to explain the regional distribution of dental caries prevalence and related factors. Factors were divided into two levels by administrative structure. This study finds a significant regional difference in the prevalence of dental caries in 12-year-old Korean children across metropolitan cities. Multilevel analysis showed that district-level factors (average number of pit and fissure-sealed permanent teeth, dental treatment demand rate, preventive treatment rate, sex ratio, and number of dentists per 100,000 people) and metropolitan-level factors (intakes of cariogenic beverages and number of pediatric dental hospitals and clinics per 100,000 people) had a significant effect on dental caries prevalence (p < 0.05). Individual characteristics and local socio-environmental factors influence the prevalence of dental caries. Especially considering the strong dependence on preventive treatment and accessibility to dental care services, it is necessary to provide adequate preventive treatment and expand health care resources in high-risk areas of dental caries.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.836-844
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• 2015

이번 연구는 치위생(학)과 입학 정원, 활동 치과위생사, 치과의사의 각 시 군 구별 인구 대비 분포 현황을 GIS 방법을 활용하여 시각적인 지도로 보여준다. 이런 분석은 치과위생사의 인력 수급에 대한 보건지리학적 근거를 제시하기 때문에 기존의 인력 수급 정책보다는 좀 더 객관적인 판단의 자료로 활용될 수 있다. Fig. 1, 3, 4를 유기적으로 연관지어 분석할 때, 활동 치과위생사와 치과의사의 시 군 구별 인구 대비 분포는 거의 일치한다. 이에 반해, 치위생(학)과 입학 정원과 활동 치과위생사의 시 군 구별 인구 대비 분포 사이에는 상당히 불균등 현상이 나타남을 알 수 있다. 활동 치과위생사와 치과의사의 절반 정도가 각각 서울특별시와 경기도에 집중되어 있는데 반해, 치위생(학)과 입학 정원의 18.9%가 서울특별시와 경기도에 분포되어 있으며, 81.1%는 전국 시 군 구별로 다양하게 분포되어 있다. 치과위생사의 인력 수급에 관한 기존의 정책적 입장은 치과위생사 인력이 더 증가해야 하며 치위생(학)과를 신설 또는 증설해야 한다는 것이다. 하지만 이번 연구에서 분석한 결과, 현재의 상황은 치위생(학)과 입학 정원과 활동 치과위생사 사이의 지리적 불균등 현상이 지속되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이렇게 매년 면허를 새로 받는 치과위생사들이 자신이 공부했던 치위생(학)과가 있는 시 군 구를 떠나 서울특별시 및 수도권을 포함한 광역시로 집중되는 상황에서, 치과위생사 인력이 부족한 지역에 치위생(학)과를 신 증설한다고 해서 치과위생사의 지리적 불균등 현상을 해소할 수 없음을 분명하게 보여준다. 따라서 치과위생사의 인력수급 문제해결을 위하여 다양한 요인분석을 통한 후속 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2013

Recently, there have been improvements in diagnostic methods for the assessment of early caries lesions. The reason is that dental professionals are seeking methods to reliably detect incipient dental caries and to remineralize them. This review examines the literature on principles, theoretical background, and history of the Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence (QLF) system (Inspektor Research Systems BV, The Netherlands). Furthermore, this paper discusses the potential application of QLF system to clinical practice for educational purpose, enabling dental hygiene students to perform oral health assessment using the QLF system. In addition, the clinical application of QLF system can motivate patients by providing additional visual information about caries and bacterial activity. The evidences on validity and reliability of the QLF system for detection of longitudinal changes in de/remineralization and caries were examined. The QLF system is capable of monitoring and quantifying mineral changes in early caries lesions. Therefore, it can be used to assess the impacts of caries preventive measures on the remineralization and reversal of the caries process. And the QLF system is a very promising equipment to assess educational effectiveness for dental hygiene students in their learning process. In conclusion, the QLF system is the most effective technology for more sensitive staging of caries and treatment without surgical intervention.