• Title/Summary/Keyword: 치과소음

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DENTAL OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND SOME SURVEY FINDINGS IN MALAYSIA (치과임상의 직업성 위해점과 말레이지아의 치과의사에 대한 몇가지 조사연구)

  • Gang, Hyo-Sik
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.19 no.1 s.140
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 1981
  • 치과임상에 있어서 약제, 재료, 기구 및 기타 부대시설과 치료실 환경은 오랫동안에 걸쳐 현금에 와서 놀라운 발전을 이룩하였음에도 치과의사가 시술중 받게되는 위해의 가능서은 아직도 여러곳에 상존하고 있는 실정이다. 의사가 늘 갖고 또 자신이 느껴야 되는 책임감에서 오는 긴장, 기계에서 오는 소음이 미치는 신체적영향 특히 청력과 관계되는 점 및 각종약제의 부작용 및 중독증, 그리고 치료중 예기치 않게 발생될 수 있는 환자로 부터오는 각종 감염, 도한 치과의사의 특수한 치료자세로부터 생기는 습관적인 정형외과적 문제와 정신적 육체적으로 겪게되는 격무로부터 오는 전신피로등의 문제를 어쩔수 없이 또는 치과의사 자신의 부주의로 당하고 있는 실례가 많다. 저자는 이 점에 대하여 위해가 생기는 문제를 항목별로 기술하면서 문헌적 고찰과 말레이시아의 치과의사 164명으로부터 설문을 통하여 수집한 사실의 통계를 분류하여 정리하고 그 예방 및 개선의 방법을 제시하면서 이는 치과의사뿐 아니라 종사자 전원이 숙지하여야 할 사실로 강조하였으며 가장 이상적인 치료실내의 치과의사용 의자를 고안하고 그 구조에 대하여 설명 하였다.

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The relationship between noise awareness, hearing ability, and dental hygiene performance in dental hygienists (치과위생사의 치과 내 소음인식도와 청력관련 특성 및 업무와의 관련성)

  • Park, Kyung-Hwa;Kim, Hyo-Jin
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between noise awareness, hearing ability, and dental hygiene performance in dental hygienists. Methods: The subjects were 234 dental hygienists in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Incheon. The questionnaire consisted of 3 questions of general characteristics of the subjects, 1 question of noise awareness, 3 questions of hearing ability, 5 questions of dental hygiene performance, 1 question of noise reduction necessity, and 2 questions of noise control. Noise awareness, dental hygiene performance, and noise reduction necessity were measured by Likert 5 scale. Cronbach's alpha was 0.825 in dental hygiene performance reliability. Results: There was a significant difference in noise recognition by age(p<0.01) and working career(p<0.05). Those who pumped up the higher TV volume accounted for 31.6% and 3.0% had hearing impairment in the regular health checkup. 3.4% of the respondents complained of hearing loss, ear fluid, and equilibrium problem diagnosed by the doctors. The relationship between the type of workplace environment and task performance showed a significant difference. Those who work in the dental hospitals had high score of 3.43, while those who work in dental clinics had 3.20(p<0.05). The increased level of noise recognition affected the task performance and it is necessary to reduce the noise level. More try must be focused on the noise exposure prevention. Conclusions: In order to reduce the problems due to noise and improve their quality of life, it is necessary to change the noise recognition in the work place.

Influence of stress and pure tone audiometry on noise-exposed dental laboratory technicians by dental instrument (치과기공 소음 노출이 치기공과 학생의 스트레스와 순음청력에 미치는 영향)

  • Yon, Jung-Min;Lee, Ju-Hee;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Lee, Og-Kyoung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.363-370
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    • 2016
  • Noise is unwanted sound that is the reason of the stress and hearing loss. The current study attempted to estimate whether the noise of dental laboratory affected stress and pure tone audiometry (PTA) of dental laboratory technicians (DLTs) using heart rate variability, air and bone conduction audiometry. The age, heights, and weights of DLTs were resembled control. Standard deviation of normal to normal interval such as stress resistance and normalized HF of DLTs were significantly decreased, but heart rates, normalized LF, and LF/HF ratio of DLTs were significantly increased compared with control. In air conduction audiometry of DLTs, significant increments of thresholds encountered in 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz in the right ears and 125, 250, 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz in the left ears. Thresholds of bone conduction audiometry in both ears were significantly increased in 250, 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. The findings in this study provide that stress and hearing loss observed in noise-exposed DLTs at dental laboratory. Therefore, proper safety precautions should be carried out at dental laboratory.

Experimental Evaluation of the Performance and Stability of an Ultrasonic Scaler for Dental Treatment (치과 치료용 초음파 스케일러의 성능 및 안정성에 대한 실험 평가)

  • Sa, Min-Woo;Ko, Tae-Jo;Jeon, Geum-sang;Lee, Jong-Min;Kim, Jong Young
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2017
  • The use of ultrasonic surgery units and scalers are steadily increasing in the field of dentistry. Such units and scalers should be evaluated before they are commercialized because the mechanical performance and stability of equipment is crucial for patients. Hence, we created a hand-piece moving system that can test bone cutting and teeth scaling. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the teeth scaling performance of ultrasonic scaler unit. Additionally, we measured the temperature distribution and noise during the test. through an experimental test, we found that a high output of an Ultrasonic NX device can cause serious damage to the teeth surface, and it was not within range in heat generation distribution and noise test.

A comparative study on the user satisfaction between two different piezoelectric engines (두가지 피에조 엔진의 사용자 만족도 비교)

  • Lim, Hyun-Mi;Lee, Kyu-Bok;Lee, Wan-Sun;Choi, So-Young
    • Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.269-277
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the performance of two piezoelectric engine systems by surveying satisfaction from dental clinicians. Materials and Methods: Two piezoelectric systems were evaluated: TRAUS XUS10 (Saeshin), PIEZOSURGERY touch (Mectron). For this study, 20 dentists responded to the 11 questionnaires in which 5 point Likert-type scale was used. The two devices were operated for 10 seconds and measured 5 times to compare the maximum noise values. In heat emission test, the handpiece was operated for 3 minutes and heat was measured at three positions each. Results: TRAUS XUS10 had higher satisfaction level on motor noise (P < 0.05). About function key and handpiece heat generation, PIEZOSURGERY touch showed higher satisfaction (P < 0.05) than TRAUS XUS10. The maximum noise level for each of the devices was confirmed to be 56.6 dB for the TRAUS XUS10 and 56.0 dB for PIEZOSURGERY touch. The two piezoelectric engines satisfied the safety standards with an operation temperature below $41^{\circ}C$ after having been operated for 3 minutes. Conclusion: Except for the function key and handpiece heat emission, TRAUS XUS10 has comparable performance with PIEZOSURGERY touch.

A Study on the Hearing Protection Effect of Noise-Filtering Earplugs for Dentists (치과의사를 위한 노이즈 필터링 이어플러그의 청력 보호 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Dayoung Cho;Ikhwan Kim;Taeyang Lee;Seungho Shin;Jinsei Jung;Wonse Park;Je Seon Song
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.239-251
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    • 2023
  • The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of noise-filtering earplugs on the hearing ability of dentists wearing them during noise-induced dental procedures. Pure tone audiometry and distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) tests were conducted at the initial visit and 1 year later to evaluate the hearing ability of the participants. As a result of the study, the pure tone average of the group wearing earplugs decreased significantly compared to the group not wearing earplugs, indicating an improvement in hearing. However, the signal-to-noise ratio of the DPOAE tests did not show a significant difference. These findings suggest that noise-filtering earplugs may have some effectiveness in preventing hearing loss. However, since the 1-year observation period may not be adequate to identify changes in hearing, a follow-up study with an extended follow-up period is necessary.

Stress of Noise on Dental Technician (치과기공사의 소음 스트레스)

  • Lee, Ju Hee
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.111-118
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: Production of dental prosthesis by a dental technician causes a loud noise. Thus, we investigated stress of dental technicians due to a noise using a structured questionnaire. Methods: A survey was conducted on working dental technicians across the country from July 2013 to November 2013; among 200 sets of survey distributed, 166 were completed and returned, and excluding the 11 that deemed unsuitable, 155 sets were used for statistics. The program SPSS 19.0 was used to analyze the correlation among the collected data. Results: The stress of noise was found to be 2.83/5 points (2.93/5 for physical stress, 2.72/5 for emotional stress). Recognition of noise was found to be 2.71/5 points (3.39/5 for recognition of noise, 2.64/5 for accidents caused by noise, 2.29/5 for experiencing disability due to noise). For general items, the highest stress were shown for the following catogories: by gender, females (p=.008); by position, chief engineer (p=.033); by monthly pay, 2.51M-3.0M KRW (p=.023); by interior comfort, 'very unpleasant' was the highest recognized (p=.014). For the effect of time exposed to noise, its stress (p=.000) and recognition (p=.000) rose with increase of time. Conclusion: Dental technicians performs tasks in work environments exposed to extreme noise. This research attempts to re-emphasize the necessity for improving the work environment for noise and provide measures of blocking noise and precaution.

A Study on the Noise by working Process in Dental Laboratory (치과기공실(齒科技工室)의 작업공정별(作業工程別) 소음(騷音)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Nam, Sang-Yong
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.27-41
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    • 1993
  • Degree of noise by personal dental laboratory working process and degree of noise by complex dental laboratory working process were measured separtely. The time of exposure to noise greater than 70dB was analyzed. Then, the whole degree of noise in dental laboratory was estimated on the basis of afore-mentioned information. Questionaire were employed to investigate the mental, emotional and physiological effects of noise in dental technicians, The purpose of this study was to provide basic information on keeping dental techneicans who are exposed to noise pollution in good working condition and good health. Results obtained are as follows ; 1. Polishing process in each working part showed high degree of noise greater than 70dB in terms of degree of noise by personal working. 2. Degree of noise by complex working process in each working part was greater than that of personal working process. 3. Time of exposure to noise complex working process the part of porcelain 150min, partial denture 120 min, crown and bridge 100 min, full denture 80 min. 4. Degree of noise by time in dental laboratory was 80dB in general for polishing process and below 75dB for waxing process. 5. Effects of noise on mental and emotional state of dental technicians showed that they felt irritated every day(14%), irritated once in a while(29%) and easily ger mad(19%). 6. Effects of noise on heart and stomach were hyper-gastric acid(38%), gastric ulcer(11%), gastritis(5%), deuodenal ulcer(3%) and weak heart function(32%). 7. Effects of noise in the hearing ability were weak(39%), moderate(33%) and normal(14%) Data presented in this study demonstrated that noise in the dental laboratory exerts profound effect on dental technicians mentally, physiologically and emotionally, in light of the above results, therefore, it appears advisable to devots substantial on the management of working condition and put further(continuing) efforts in the investigation for reducing noise problem.

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MESIODENS EXTRACTION OF A PATIENT WITH ROBINOW SYNDROME UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA (로비노 증후군(Robinow syndrome) 환자의 전신마취 하 과잉치 발치)

  • Park, Sung-Hee;Shin, Teo-Jeon;Hyun, Hong-Keun;Kim, Young-Jae;Kim, Jung-Wook;Lee, Sang-Hoon;Kim, Chong-Chul;Jang, Ki-Taeg
    • The Journal of Korea Assosiation for Disability and Oral Health
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2016
  • Robinow syndrome is skeletal dysplasia with both autosomal dominant and recessive inheritance patterns. It is characterized by short-limbed dwarfism, abnormalities in the head and face, as well as vertebral segmentation. A 2-year-7-month old boy with Robinow syndrome had visited Seoul National University Dental Hospital, for the evaluation of tooth palatal eruption on maxilla. He had micrognathia, delayed tooth eruption, cleft lip with bifid uvula. He also had an erupted mesiodens on the palatal side of maxillary primary incisors, which was tuberculated and 8mm in major diameter. The patient was scheduled for mesiodens extraction under general anesthesia. He was a young child with delayed development, so general anesthesia was inevitable. General anesthesia was induced and maintained with inhalation agent, Sevoflurane. There were no postoperative complications related to anesthesia and dental treatment. Robinow syndrome patients have craniofacial dysmorphism and eruption disorders. Therefore, he requires regular check-ups as well as dental managements.

TREATMENT OF DENTAL CARIES BY ER:YAG LASER IN CHILDREN (소아 환자에서 Er:YAG Laser를 이용한 우식 병소의 처치)

  • Jang, Eun-Young;Lee, Sang-Ho;Lee, Chang-Seop
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.558-563
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    • 2000
  • The lasers have been used in dentistry for more than 30 years and the application of lasers for drilling dental hard tissue has been investigated since the early developement of lasers. Recently, the Er:YAG laser was invented for hard tissue ablation. The Er:YAG laser, having a wavelength of 2.94um, is highly absorbed in both water and hydroxiapatite, leading to a very effective material for hard tissue removal by bursting off the solid tissue component that is, enamel and dentin are removed by the Er :YAG laser by water vaporization and microexplosion, without any melting of inorganic tissues. Therefore, the Er:YAG laser produced round craters with well defined margins and the surrounding tissues had no cracks and no charring. When used for cavity preparation, pulpal damage should not occur if hear buildup is minimized by careful selection of exposure parameters and by use of a water spray. The present study demonstrated that the Er:YAG laser cut the tooth substance adequately for composite resin restoration, without having undesirable side effects such as harmful effects on the pulp, discoloration or cracking etc. Also, the child patients were well cooperative during laser treatment mainly because of little noise, lesser vibration and minimal pain compared to conventional means of cavity preparation.

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