• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.206-225
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• 2012

General status of pediatric dentistry in Korea is to conduct vigorous academic activities and specialized medical care centering the Korean Association of Pediatric Dentistry (KAPD) that has about 1,000 pediatric dentists as members, pediatric dentistry departments of 11 Colleges of Dentistry, numbers of pediatric dentistry training institutions and private clinics specialized in children. From 1996, the accredited pediatric dentists were produced by the KAPD and from 2008, the state began to produce the accredited pediatric dentists. Since then, doctors with expertise in pediatric care had opened private clinics in addition to the university hospitals, it became the basis of a momentum to deepen the specialty of pediatric dentistry. The Dentistry community of Korea is going through rapid and profound changes recently, and the underlying reasons for such changes can be classified largely into a few categories: (1) Decreasing population and structural changes in population (2) Increase in numbers of dentists, (3) Changes in the pattern of dental diseases and (4) Changes in medical environment. In Korea, the children population in the age range of 0 ~ 14 years old had been decreased by 2 million in 2010 compared to that of 2000 due to reduction of birth rate. The current population of children in the age range of 0 ~ 4 years old in 2010 takes up 16.2% of the total population, but it is estimated that such percentage would decrease to 8.0% by 2050. Such percentage is largely behind the estimated mean global population of 19.6% by 2050. On the other hand, the number of dentists had been largely increased from 18,000 in 2000 to 25,000 in 2010. And it is estimated that the number will be increased to 41,000 by 2030. In addition, the specialized personnel of Pediatric dentistry had been shown as increased by 2.5 times during past 10 years. For the changes in the pattern of dental diseases, including dental caries, each df rate of 5 years old children and 12 years old children had been decreased by 21.9% and 16.7% respectively in 2010 compared to 2000. Each df Index also had been decreased by 2.5 teeth and 1.2 teeth respectively. The medical expenditure of Korea is less than that of OECD and more specifically, the expenditure from the National Health Plan is less than OECD but the expenditure covered by households is larger than OECD. These facts indicate that it is considered as requiring the coverage of the national health plan to be reinforced more in the future and as such reinforcement needs continuous promotion. In medical examination pattern of Pediatric dentistry, the preventive and corrective treatment were increased whereas the restorative treatment was decreased. It is considered that such change is caused from decrease of dental caries from activation of the prevention project at national level. For the restorative treatment, the restorations in use of dental amalgam, pre-existing gold crowning and endodontic treatment had been decreased in their proportion while the restorative treatment in use of composite resin had been increased. It is considered that such changes is caused by the change of demands from patients and family or guardians as they desired more aesthetic improvement along with socio-economic growth of Korean society. Due to such changes in dentistry, the pediatric dentistry in Korea also attempts to have changes in the patterns of medical examination as follows; It tends to implement early stage treatment through early diagnosis utilizing various diagnostic tools such as FOTI or QLF. The early stage dental caries so called white spot had been included in the subjects for dental care or management and in order to do so, the medical care guidelines essentially accompanied with remineralization treatment as well as minimally invasive treatment is being generalized gradually. Also, centering the Pediatric dentists, the importance of caries risk assessment is being recognized, in addition that the management of dental caries is being changed from surgical approach to internal medicinal approach. Recently, efforts began to emerge in order to increase the target patients to be managed by dentists and to expand the application scope of Pediatric dentistry along with through such changes. The interest and activities of Pediatric dentists which had been limited to the medical examination room so far, is now being expanded externally, as they put efforts for participating in the preventive policy making process of the community or the state, and to support the political theories. And also opinions are being collected into the direction that the future- oriented strategic political tasks shall be selected and researches as well as presentations on the theoretical rationale of such tasks at the association level.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.63-74
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• 1987

The life changes of TMJ patients were evaluated through the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) questionnaire. 61 female TMJ patients and 80 dental new female outpatients were studied at the TMJ Clinics, Department of Oral Diagnosis, PNUH from February to September 1987. The obtained results were as follows; 1. The life change unit (LCU) totals and number of life events in the TMJ patients were significantly higher than those in the control subjects, especially during the 1-6 months before presentation for the hospital. 2. There was no significant difference in the number of the high-scored (over 150 LCU totals) between the TMJ patients and the control subjects. 3. There was a significant difference in LCU totals and life events between the TMJ patients and the control subjects by age, despite no difference in LCU totals and life events between the young and the advanced subgroups. 4. The LCU totals and the number of life events in the TMJ patients over 13-year-school age were significantly higher than those in the control subjects over 13-year-school age and the TMJ patients under 12-year-school age. 5. The married subgroup in the TMJ patients showed no significant difference in LCU totals and life events as compared with the unmarried one. 6. Categorizing life events into 6 items (marital life, health, occupation, family, finances and social), the TMJ patients had the higher frequencies in marital life and occupation than the control.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2009

Ingredient analysis and the medical action of various teas are accomplished on multi angle. However, the research regarding the prevention and a treatment of oral cavity disease, which use the green tea, is still insufficient relatively. In this experiment, the virtue of green tea bag on periodontal disease was studied. This experiment was used in 11 beagles. As a test group, 6 beagles were rinsed their tooth with green tea bag. The remaining 5 beagles were rinsed with filter paper which was soaked with normal saline. The test found no statistical significance in gingival index, plaque index, calculus index and dental pocket depth. But the number of bacteria colonies decreased significantly in test groups. The periodontal disease is related to the number of bacterial colonies. Therefore, this results show that the green tea bag is effective for periodontal disease.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.245-258
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• 2010

흡연은 전신뿐 아니라 구강에서 발생하는 다양한 질병의 중요한 위험 인자이며, 치과의사가 금연 치료에 참여하는 것은 개인의 전신 건강과 치주치료와 임플란트 치료 같은 치과 치료의 예후에도 큰 차이를 보여주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 흡연이 구강암과 같은 생명을 위협하는 비교적 흔치 않은 질병으로부터 경미한 구강 내 증상에 이르기까지 구강 환경에 다양한 영향성과 관련한 많은 근거가 있음에도 불구하고, 흡연과 구강건강의 관련성에 대한 환자들의 인식 수준을 조사한 연구는 적고, 금연진료에 대한 국내 치의학계의 관심과 참여는 더욱 부족하다. 그러므로 본 연구는 국내 치과 외래 환자의 흡연 양상과 치과계의 금연 진료 현황을 파악하여 금연 진료 방향을 모색해 보고자 하였다. 대한치과의사협회 문화복지부의 후원으로 전국 11개 치과대학병원의 구강내과, 구강외과 및 치주과 환자 중 825명이 니코틴 패치를 이용한 4주 금연 프로그램 및 설문에 참여하였고, 297명이 금연 설문에 참여하였다. 각 설문지 분석을 통해 각 치과대학병원의 조사 현황, 치과 외래 환자의 흡연 양상을 분석하였고, 치과에서 시행된 4주간의 금연 치료의 참여목적과 성공률을 조사하였다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면, 흡연자는 주로 30-50대 중 장년층이 많았고, 흡연기간은 연령 증가에 비례하며, 하루 흡연량은 30대에서 가장 많았다. 금연시도는 30,40대에서 금연시도 비율이 높았고 그 기간은 대부분 1-3개월이었다. 흡연의 이유로는 스트레스 해소와 습관이 가장 높은 빈도를 보였으며 Heavy Smoking Index (HSI)는 20대가 가장 낮고 (71.4%) 60대가 가장 높았다(93.7%). 흡연 경고 문구에 대해 참가자의 68%는 금연을 떠올렸다. 구강질환(구강점막질환, 치주질환, 치아우식증)과 흡연의 관련성에 대한 실험참가자들의 인식도는 비교적 높았지만(50~68%) 금연 성공률은 일반 의과진료실에 비해 아주 낮은 결과를 보였다(22.7%). 흡연관련 질환 예방 업무에서의 치과의사의 중요성을 고려할 때, 금연치료에 치과의사들이 보다 적극적으로 참여할 수 있는 인식의 변화가 필요하다. 낮은 치료 성공율이 체계화되지 못한 진료내용 때문임을 고려할 때, 5As' 방법 등과 같은 금연관련 상담에 대한 지속적인 치과의사 교육과 환자 교육을 위한 다양한 자료의 개발을 통해 금연 성공률을 높일 수 있도록 해야 한다.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.855-869
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oral health promotion of the disabled persons by voluntary dental services in Ulsan Metropolitan City. Two dentists taken a calibration training for national oral health survey examined the oral health status of 473 disabled persons from two special schools for the disabled children and adolescents, a residential facility and a gymnasium for the disabled persons in 2009-2010. The surveyed disabled persons in the age range was from 7 to 74 years old. Voluntary dentists, oral hygienists and other civilian volunteers had supplied with the oral health care services to the disabled persons at dental clinics of special schools for the disabled children and adolescents, and a dental clinic supported from Nam-Gu Public Health Center in Ulsan Metropolitan City since 1997. The obtained data from these surveys were analyzed with the SPSS statistical package. Among subjects aged 12-14 years, subjects with decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) in permanent dentition was 46.9%; subjects with untreated decayed teeth, 17.2%. The number of decayed, missing and filled teeth in permanent dentition was 1.36. The proportion of decayed components of DMFT score was 28.00%; proportion of missing components of DMFT score, 1.43%; proportion of filled components of DMFT score, 70.57%. The proportion of filled components of DMFT score among disabled persons of all age group in Ulsan were evaluated to be a similar level to non-disabled citizens in Ulsan from 2010 Korean National Survey. The oral health care programs for disabled persons by voluntary services of dental professionals and other civilians are evaluated to be effective for the oral health promotion of disabled persons in Ulsan.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.495-501
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• 2014

이 연구는 학교구강보건실 운영과 학생의 구강보건지식과 행동에 관련성에 대해 제시하고자 김해, 양산 지역 초등학교 학생을 780명을 대상으로 실시하였다. 2013년 7월 5일부터 2013년 7월 23일까지 자기기입식 설문지에 학생이 직접 응답하도록 한 후 회수하였으며 수집된 자료는 SPSS 통계프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 학교구강보건실 운영학교 재학생은 494명이었으며, 비운영학교 재학생은 286명으로 구강보건지식을 분석한 결과 운영학교에서 평균 구강보건지식은 3.36점, 비운영학교 평균 구강보건지식은 2.94점으로 운영학교 학생에서 평균 구강보건지식이 높았다(p<0.001). 학교구강보건실을 운영학교 아동에서는 비운영학교 아동에 비해 구강보건지식(OR=1.58, 95% CI=1.35~1.85)이 통계적으로 유의하게 높았으나 잇솔질 횟수(OR=1.06, 95% CI=0.93~1.21)는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 이 연구는 학교구강보건 사업을 통하여 학생에게 적기에 구강보건교육 및 관리를 시행하여 구강보건 지식과 행동에 대해 효과적인 것을 확인하였으며 향후 학교구강보건실 운영 사업의 지속적인 운영과 발전에 기여하고자 하였다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.426-438
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the general characteristics of dental patients to their total O'Leary index and individual plaque indexes in a bid to check the oral hygiene state of citizens and evaluate their plaque management ability. The subjects in this study were 288 patients at dental hospitals and clinics in Busan and South Gyeongsang Province. A survey was conducted from September to November 2008. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. Overall, the O'Leary index of the patients investigated stood at 72 percent. By age and gender, the O'Leary index was highest among those in their 30s(83%) and among the women(75%)(p<.05). As to the influence of toothbrushing frequency, the patients who did it twice or more a day had the highest O'Leary index(75%)(p<.001). By the use of oral hygiene supplies, the patients who used oral hygiene supplies had a higher O'Leary index(76%) than the others who didn't(p<.01). 2. As for plaque index for each tooth, 28 percent of their teeth were given zero point, and 52 percent were given one mark. 13 percent were given two marks, and 6.3 percent were given three marks. Thus, the teeth that were given one mark were largest in number(p<.001). 3. As for plaque index for labial posterior mandibular, 43 percent of their teeth were given one point, and 36 percent were given zero mark. 14 percent were given three mark, and 5 percent were given three marks(p<.01). 4. As for plaque index for buccal posterior maxilla, 57 percent of their teeth were given one point, and 20 percent were given zero mark. 16 percent were given two mark, and 6.3 percent were given three marks(p<.01). 5. As for plaque index for lingual posterior mandibular, 56 percent of their teeth were given one point, and 27.8 percent were given zero mark. 9 percent were given three mark and 6 percent were given three mark(p<.001).

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2012

본 연구는 학교구강보건실을 운영하고 있는 초등학교 학생들의 치아우식증경험 및 비만도를 파악하고 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 조사하기 위하여 2011년 7월1일 부터 7월 30일까지 경산시 소재 1개 초등학교 4, 5, 6학년들을 대상으로 구조화된 폐쇄형 설문지를 자기기입식 설문조사를 시행한 후 응답이 불충분한 5부를 제외한 최종 235부와 구강검사결과 치아우식경험 유무에 대한 자료를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 연령이 증가할수록 치아우식경험도는 낮았다. 2. 어머니의 직업유무, 교육정도, 주관적 경제수준과 치아우식증 경험 및 비만도는 서로 연관성이 없었다. 3. 간식섭취량, 식습관 및 생활습관은 치아우식경험도와 상관성이 없었고, 비만체중(21.5%)이 정상체중(9.4%)보다 주간운동횟수에서 0번이 높게 나타났다. 4. 지난 1년간 치과방문 경험이 있는 학생이 치아우식 비경험이 높았으며(OR=0.498), 치아우식증경험 유무와 비만도는 서로 연관성이 없었다. 이상의 결과를 미루어 볼 때 사회인구학적 편차와 상관없이 가정에서 이루어 지지 못하는 학생들의 구강 및 건강관리가 학교보건 측면에서 어느 정도 관리가 되어지고 있음을 알 수 있었고, 치아우식경험도와 비만도의 연관성이 없음을 알았다. 추후 점차적으로 학교구강보건실 운영을 확대하여 체계적인 구강관리 및 건강관리가 국가 정책적으로 시행되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2007

치과위생사의 인력을 효과적으로 활용하는 방안을 제시하고자 구강보건협력인력의 추계를 통해 새로운 인력수급의 문제점을 파악하고, 구강보건협력인력의 수행업무와 수행 가능업무를 조사하여 이를 규정하기 위한 제도적인 방안을 모색하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 치과의원 1곳에 치과위생사 2인을 배치하는 비율은 2009년이 되면 이상적인 인력구조를 이룰 것으로 추계되었다. 2. 치과위생사의 현재 수행 업무는 법정업무 뿐 아니라 비법정업무 수행비율이 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 3. 우리나라 치과위생사의 진료업무는 선진외국의 치과위생사 업무에 비해 협소한 것으로 조사되었다. 4. 치과의원의 인력수급난 해결을 위해서는 치과위생사의 활용도를 높여야 하며 이를 위해서는 치과위생사의 업무확대 및 보장에 대한 법안을 개정할 필요가 있다. 5. 치과진료조무사를 양성하기 위해서는 해당하는 법안을 개정하여 치과위생사 및 간호조무사의 업무와 구분을 지어야 할 것이다. 새로운 인력양성을 위해서는 현재 치과병 의원 구성인력의 역할 구분과 법안개정 등 다양한 분야에서 신중한 고려가 필요하며, 현 시점에서는 기존부터 양성되고 있는 치과위생사 인력의 활용을 위해 업무보장에 대한 법안개정 및 실천이 우선순위가 되어야 할 것이다. 뿐만 아니라 이는 대한치과의사협회, 대한치과위생사협회 및 간호조무사협회 등 구강보건협력단체의 상호 협력 하에 논의되고 진행되어야 이상적인 구강보건협력인력 구조를 형성할수 있으며, 보다 양질의 구강진료를 통해 국민의 구강건강증진이라는 목표를 효과적으로 달성할 수 있을 것이다. 한 단체의 이익이 아닌 국민전체의 이익을 위해 다각적인 시각에서신 중한 고려와 논의가 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2009

Cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptoms and existence (or non-existence) of experience was conducted following dental hygienists' health habits, heath state and working environment targeting dental hygienists who were working for the dental clinics in Masan-si, Changwon-si and Jinhae-si in Gyeongsangnam-do for one year or more. The research findings were as follows. 1. Cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptom following general characteristics was the highest among the subjects who were 40 years old or above. 2. As for the education level, cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptoms was high while prevalence was low, which were statistically significant when the education level was higher. 3. Cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptom was high when the subjects exercised, and cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptom and prevalence were significantly high when they are engaged in leisure activities or hobbies. 4. Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms was statistically high if they are afflicted with disease, if they feel burdened by their job, if they suffer from considerable physical fatigue, if they feel chronic fatigue or if they feel that their health state is poor. 5. Cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptom and prevalence were higher, which was statistically significant, when the number of years worked was higher. 6. Cognitive degree of musculoskeletal symptom was higher, but prevalence was lower when the time that they were seated was longer. This research demonstrated that the musculoskeletal disorders related to their job that afflicts the dental hygienists is not caused by one element, but it is possible to see that the musculoskeletal disorders results from the interaction of the diverse elements that are interrelated such as the subjects' characteristics and health habits and heath state, working environment and so forth including inappropriate work related movements. To this, dental hygienists need to improve their health habits so that they can form proper health habits that will ensure health in every day life on their own with the improvement of their every day life habit and positive self-evaluation to act on the health promotion behaviors, education and publicity, and measures to prevent and to manage musculoskeletal disorders in overall need to bepursued after in an active manner.