• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.506-512
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• 1998

The dentists often encouter a child who can not be treated with traditional behavior management technique. Mentally or physically handicapped child could receive proper dental care under general anesthesia. General anesthesia for dental care can be done in an outpatient surgery or inpatient surgery depending on the patient. In outpatient surgery, the patient is admitted and discharged the same day. Postoperative care and discharge procedure are abbreviated. Advantages of outpatient surgery are much less emotional disturbance of patients, reduced risk of nosocomial infection and less cost of treatment. A case of a physically handicapped patient treated under general anesthesia at Day Surgery Center is presented and the procedure and patient selection of outpatient surgery as well as its limitation is reviewed in this paper.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.19-25
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• 2004

Dentally disabled person means one who have difficulty in cooperating voluntarily with a dentist for routine dental care. Seoul National University Dental Hospital (SNUDH) Dental Clinic for Disabled has worked for them under outpatient anesthesia concept. The aim of this study was to determine the anesthetic characteristics of the patients attending for dental treatment at SNUDH Dental Clinic for Disabled in order to establish better future treatment plans. The data were drawn from the patients who visited SNUDH Dental Clinic for Disabled from January 1999 to October 2002. Total 93 dental treatments for 83 patients were enrolled in this study. Most patients had mental retardation and the conservative treatments were carried out under general anesthesia. Thiopental and vecuronium were mostly used for induction agent and neuromuscular blocker, respectively. Enflurane, with oxygen and nitrous oxide, was mostly used to maintain the anesthesia. Mean total anesthetic time was $164.4{\pm}57.2$ minutes and mean duration at the post-anesthetic care unit was $106.2{\pm}50.5$ min. Serious postoperative complications were not observed. These results showed our successful anesthetic outcomes without any severe side effect or complication and the needs of more outpatient centers for dental care for disabled.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.191-197
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental patients using dental institutions about dental hygienists in an effort to help educate dental hygiene students to have the right image of dental hygienists. And it's also meant to provide education for dental hygienists to develop their own capabilities, attitude and values to render quality medical services to patients. The subjects in this study were the patients who visited dental clinics and hospitals to receive treatment. A self- administered survey was conducted from March 5 to April 13, 2010, in consideration of their general characteristics. The answer sheets from 204 respondents were gathered, and 197 answer sheets were analyzed except seven incomplete ones. A factor analysis was carried out to find out their general characteristics, and independent-samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were utilized to get statistical data on mean and standard deviation. A SPSS 12.0 program was employed to analyze all the collected data. And it's found that the largest number of the patients thought that the main duty of dental hygienists was to give treatment to patients, and they took a favorable view of their services. They weren't well aware of the process of nurturing dental hygienists and their curriculum, and they put a relatively strong confidence in their treatment and had relatively favorable experiences with them.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.283-293
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• 2015

Purpose: The aims of this study are to analyze and to visualize distribution of patients visiting at a dental college hospital, using geographic information system (GIS). The visualized data can be utilized in patient care and treatment planning, ultimately leading to the assessment of risk evaluation and prevention of dental diseases. Materials and Methods: Patient information data was obtained from Dankook University Dental Hospital including the unit number, gender, date of birth, and address from 2007 to 2014. Patient distribution was visualized using GIS. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS 9.3 and ArcGIS 10.1. Five factors including proximity, accessibility, age, gender, and socioeconomic status were investigated as the explanatory variables of the patient distribution. Results: The visualized patient data showed a nationwide scale of the patient distribution. There was a little difference in characteristics for each department. As closer at Dankook University Dental Hospital, visitors increased. And it strongly showed that elderly patients in rural areas tend to visit more. Conclusion: The distribution of patients has been shown to be significantly affected by the proximity, accessibility, age, gender and socioeconomic status. The underlying reason remains to be further studied.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

Liver transplantation is definitive treatment for the patients suffering from hepatitis, severe liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. In these patients, systemic infections under immunosuppression may occur easily. Therefore, primary object of dental treatments before liver transplantation is absolute removal of oral infection source. In addition, comprehensive dental management plan is essential for success of liver transplantation. The present study has been performed to investigate decayed, missing and filled permanent teeth index(DMFT index), degree of oral hygiene, past medical history, need of dental treatment, completion of dental treatment need and time interval between dental visit and operation date of liver transplantation in liver transplant candidates. Obtained results were as follows; 1. Decayed teeth of the patients were 2.68, missing teeth were 4.02 and filled teeth were 3.42. DMFT index was 10.12. 2. Twenty percents of patients showed moderate to severe food impactions, 42.2% of patients had moderate to heavy calculus and 37.8% of patients displayed gingival inflammation with swelling. 3. Patients needed periodontal treatments more than any other dental treatments. Periodontal treatments were needed for 88.9% of patients, operative & endodontic treatments were 46.7% of patients and 33.3% of patients needed for oral & maxillofacial surgical treatments. 4. Among 90 patients, time interval between scheduled operation date of liver transplantation and dental visit was within 2 weeks for 32.2% of patients, within 1 week for 20.0% of patients. In conclusion, most liver transplant candidates needed dental treatments for removal of potential infection sources. However because of insufficient interval between dental visit and operation date, they had taken liver transplantation procedures without comprehensive dental management. Development of preventive and comprehensive dental management program is mandatory for these patients. Cooperative interdisciplinary management will play a positive role for successful liver transplantation.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.59 no.4
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• pp.451-458
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• 2021

Currently, digital technology is being used in various fields of dental treatment. In particular, in the case of anterior esthetic restoration, the traditional restoration method cannot contain facial information and it is difficult for the patient to predict the treatment result. However, in the case of esthetic restoration through digital design, the visualization of the prosthesis design and the ease of reflecting patient feedback, and expecting the treatment result is available. In this case, the patient confirmed the results of restoration treatment using a digital method before treatment and obtained consent for treatment in an anterior tooth trauma patient. In addition, since the conventional digital smile design method uses only the patient's facial and smile information, the design was made on a two-dimensional plane, and its application was somewhat limited. However, in this case, a three-dimensional virtual patient was created and thus the designed restoration was viewed from various angles. Through this case, it was possible to obtain a high degree of satisfaction with the ease of communication with the patient and the technician during the esthetic restoration using the digital method, the simplicity of the procedure, and the treatment result.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.265-270
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• 2009

This research provides the point of view by operating SPSS(14.0) about effective management and marketing focusing on customer by comparing and analyzing the effect which affects loyalty for the dental clinic and the rapport occurring when the dental worker communicates affirmatively with customers. The data was gathered from 300 customers visiting to a private dental clinic through the self-administered questionnaire in Jinju, Gyeng-nam. The communication(.017) and value property(.006) of service provider affects the rapport significantly. Last, the trust(.000), value property(.023) and the rapport(.000) affect the loyalty-a result variable-significantly.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.27 no.6 s.241
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• pp.521-526
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• 1989

인공치아의 선택은 각 환자에 직접 관련이 있는 몇가지 물리적 요소와 생물학적 요소에 대한 지식과 이해를 요한다. 그러므로 치과의사가 생물기계학적 정보를 모으고 관련성을 찾고 평가해서 환자 개개인의 심미적 요구와 기능적 요구를 충족시킬 수 있도록 선택해 줄 유일한 사람이기 때문에 이 단계의 치료는 반드시 치과의사가 해야 한다. 인공치아의 선택은 비교적 간단하고 시간이 걸리지 않는 과정이나 여기에는 충분한 경험과 확신성의 개발이 요구된다. 이러한 지식과 정보를 토대로 하여 선택된 치아도 임시의치상에 배열될 때 까지는 예비적 선택이 되며 최종선택은 환자의 구강내에게 평가되고 관찰한 후에 결정한다.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.33 no.6 s.373
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• pp.32-34
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• 2000

지난 3월 20일 작고한 치과 의사 기창덕은(1924~2000년)은 96년 서초구에 장애인 전용 치과를 설립해, 지금까지 5천3백여명의 환자가 자원봉사 의사들에 의해 치료를 받았다. 평소 나환자 치료에도 앞장섰고 납골당운동을 솔선했던 그는 1995년 한해에 3권의 책을 펴냈다. 평생 모은 자료들을 정리하여 "의학ㆍ치과의학의 선구자들", "한국치과의학사", "한국근대의학교육사" 등 3권의 책을 몰아서 출판한 그는 평생 모은 옛 문헌과 책들을 서울대에 기증하고 조용히 세상을 떠난 훌륭한 의사이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.351-352
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• 2017

본 연구는 일부지역 치과종사자 269명을 대상으로 환자유형에 따른 감정노동과 직무만족도에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 다음과 같은 통계적으로 유의한 결과를 얻었다(p<.05).환자유형별 감정노동은 환자의 성별에서 남성환자가 여성환자보다 높았으며, 환자의 연령은 20-64세가 가장 높았다. 진료시간대는 오후 7시 이후가 가장 높게 나타났고. 환자유형별 직무만족도는 환자연령은 65세이상이 가장 높았다. 이상과 같은 결과를 바탕으로 치과종사자들의 직무만족도를 높이고 감정노동을 줄이기 위해서는 개인과 조직적인 측면에서 쾌적한 근무환경을 형성하기 위한 노력이 지속적으로 이루어져야 할 것이다.