진단기술과 약물치료기법 및 신경학적 과정에 대한 이해가 발전됨으로 인하여 치과의사는 간질환자를 더 잘 이해하고 치료할 수 있게 되었다. 간질환자는 몇 가지 주의사항만 지킨다면 일반치과에서도 쉽게 치료할 수 있다. 즉, 의학적 병력과 함께 매 번 방문 시 마다 치과치료 전에 현재상태에 대한 평가가 필요하다. 기왕력 중 발작은 치료계획수립시 반드시 고려되어야 한다. 치과의사는 간질이나 경련성질환에 대하여 포괄적이며 통합적 이해를 통하여 환자의 구강건강뿐 아니라 나아가 전신건강을 증진하는 데 기여할 수 있다.

Background: Down's syndrome, or trisomy 21, is the commonest congenital chromosome anomaly. With improvement in medical care, these patients increasingly reach adulthood in spite of their physical maldevelopment and mental retardation. And, the number of those who required general anesthesia for dental treatment is increasing. Methods: We reviewed the 26 cases of 22 patients with Down's syndrome who underwent outpatient general anesthesia for dental treatment at the clinic for the disabled in Seoul National University Dental Hospital. Results: The mean age was 22 years. They all had severe mental retardation and some had congenital heart anomaly, epilepsy, hypothyroidism, acute leukemia, autism, cleft palate, and chronic renal failure. For anesthesia induction, 4 cases was needed physical restriction, but others showed good or moderate cooperation. Drugs used for anesthesia induction was thiopental (17 cases) and sevoflurane (9 cases). All patients received nasotracheal intubation and 3 cases needed difficult airway management. Mean total anesthetic time was $166{\pm}60$ min and staying time at PACU was $92{\pm}48$ min. There was no death or long term hospitalization because of severe complications. Conclusion: If general anesthesia is needed, pertinent diagnostic tests and workup about anomaly, and appropriate anesthetic planning are essential for safety.

A critical pathway (CP) defines the optimal care process, sequencing and timing of intervention by multi-disciplinary health care teams for a particular diagnosis and procedure. It plays an important role as a cost-effective health care delivery system and a tool for quality control of medical and dental services by means of standardizing medical practices. The aim of this study is to investigate the satisfaction of patients and medical/dental staff after implementation of a critical pathway for dental treatment of disabled children under general anesthesia and its cost effectiveness. Ten patients who underwent dental treatment under general anesthesia were included in the CP group between August and December 2006. The pre-CP group included 20 patients who underwent the same procedure from February 2003. The satisfaction of parent of child patient and medical staff members were compared between two groups. The parents' satisfaction was significantly improved after the implementation of CP and medical/dental staff members were highly satisfied with the usefulness of the critical pathway. In conclusion, the critical pathway for the dental treatment of disabled treatment under general anesthesia can highly improve the satisfaction of parents and medical/ dental staff members.

$DIFOTI^{(R)}$ 가시광선 파장을 이용하여 방사선 노출 없이도 실시간으로 교합면, 인접면, 평활면 우식, 재발성 우식 및 치아 파절이나 불소증 등을 효과적으로 진단할 수 있는 영상 장비이다. 시진 및 방사선 사진에 비해 치아 우식 탐지에 있어서 민감도가 매우 높은 것으로 나타나고 있으며, 이를 통해 치아의 탈회를 조기 진단하여 보다 보존적인 치료가 가능하리라 사료된다.

치과의사는 쇄골두개 이형성증의 특징에 대해 잘 알고 있어야 한다. 쇄골두개 이형성증 환자는 신체 및 정신적으로 특별한 이상을 보이지 않기 때문에, 영구치교환시기를 한참 지나 다수치아에서의 유치만기잔존 및 영구치의 미 맹출을 주소로 치과에 내원하게 되는 경우가 많은 것이 사실이다. 이런 의심이 들 때는 정확한 진단을 위해 반드시 다양한 방사선사진을 촬영해 보아야 하겠다. 또한 긴 치료기간으로 인해 환자의 협조와 여러 분야에 있어서 전문가들의 협력이 반드시 필요할 것이다.

In patients with cerebral palsy, dental treatments, which require absolute patient's corporation, have many difficulties because of muscle spacity, involuntary muscle movements and spasm. Especially in endodontic treatments which very meticulous instrumentation is needed, these muscle discordances may lead to unexpected accidents such as tissue damage while filing, over-instrumentation and swallowing instruments. Also, taking radiographs for measuring canal length is often hindered by walking and movement disorders. This paper is to present a clinical case of one-visit root canal treatment using electrical apex locator under general anesthesia in a cerebral palsy patient.