• 대한치과마취과학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2014

Background: Various medical emergency situations can occur during dental practices. Cardiac arrest is known to comprise approximately 1% of emergency situation. Thus, it is necessary for dentists to be able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to increase the chance of saving patient's life in emergency situation. In this paper, we conducted a survey study to evaluate to what extent dentists actually understood CPR practice and if they had experience in handling emergency situations in practice. Method: The survey was done for members of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology (KDSA), who had great interest in CPR and for whom survey-by-mail was convenient. We had selected 472 members of the KDSA with a dental license and whose office address and contact information were appropriate, and sent them a survey questionnaire by mail asking about the degree of their CPR understanding and if they had experience of handling emergency questions before. Statistical analyses -frequency analysis, chi-square test, ANOVA, and so on- were performed by use of IBM SPSS Statistics 19 for each question. Result: Among 472 people, 181 responded (38.4% response rate). Among the respondents were 134 male and 47 female dentists. Their average age was $40.4{\pm}8.4$. In terms of practice type, there were 123 private practitioners (68.0%), 20 professors (11.0%), 16 dentists-in-service (8.8%), 13 residents (specialist training) (7.2%) and 9 military doctors (5%). There were 125 dentists (69.1%) who were specialists or receiving training to be specialist, most of whom were oral surgeon (57, 31.5%) and pediatric dentists (56, 30.9%). There were 153 people (85.0%) who received CPR training before, and 65 of them (35.9%) were receiving regular training. When asked about the ratio of chest pressure vs mouth-to-mouth respiration when conducting CPR, 107 people (59.1%) answered 30:2. However, only 27.1% of them answered correctly for a question regarding CPR stages, C(Circulation)- A(Airway)- B(Breathing)- D(Defibrillation), which was defined in revised 2010 CPR practice guideline. Dentists who had experience of handling emergency situations in their practice were 119 (65.6%). The kinds of emergency situations they experienced were syncope (68, 37.6%), allergic reactions to local anesthetic (44, 24.3%), hyperventilation (43, 23.8%), seizure (25, 13.8%), hypoglycemia (15, 8.3%), breathing difficulty (14, 7.8%), cardiac arrest (11, 6.1%), airway obstruction (6, 3.3%), intake of foreign material and angina pectoris (4, 2.2%), in order of frequency. Most respondents answered that they handled the situation appropriately under the given emergency situation. In terms of emergency equipment they had blood pressure device (70.2%), pulse oximetry (69.6%), Bag-Valve-Mask (56.9%), emergency medicine (41.4%), intubation kit (29.8%), automated external defibrillator (23.2%), suction kit (19.3%) and 12 people (6.6%) did not have any equipment. In terms of confidence in handling emergency situation, with 1-10 point scale, their response was $4.86{\pm}2.41$ points. The average point of those who received regular training was $5.92{\pm}2.20$, while those who did not was $4.29{\pm}2.29$ points (P<0.001) Conclusion: The result showed they had good knowledge of CPR but the information they had was not up-to-date. Also, they were frequently exposed to the risk of emergency situation during their dental practice but the level of confidence in handling the emergency situation was intermediate. Therefore, regular training of CPR to prepare them for handling emergency situation is deemed necessary.

• 의료법학
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.297-341
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• 2017

2016년에 선고된 의료관련 판결들을 법원도서관 검색사이트와 법률전문기사를 통해 검색하여 다음과 같이 분석 소개하였다. 의료민사와 관련하여 (1) 제왕절개 수술 시 불임수술도 함께 청약하였으나 불임수술은 하지 아니한 사례에서는 의료계약체결과정에 판시의 결여에 대한 아쉬움과 함께 침해되는 권리 및 배상범위를, (2) 의료과실 추정 관련에서는 과실추정법리의 한계를 벗어난다는 점과 한의사의 협진의무를 매우 높은 정도로 요구했다는 점을, (3) 병원측 책임을 100% 인정한 사건에서는 의료행위의 선의성과 불확실성에 대한 간과를 지적하면서, (4) 정신과 환자 관련 사고에서 병원책임을 인정한 사건들을 관련판결과 함께 소개하였다. 의료형사와 관련해서는 치과의사의 안면 보톡스 시술이 면허범위 내 의료행위인지 여부에 대한 대법원 전원합의체 판결을 다수의견의 해석이 법문언의 가능한 범위 내에 있는지의 관점에서 분석하였다. 그리고 의료행정과 관련하여 (1) 의료인이 다중으로 의료기관을 운영한 경우 이에 대하여 국민건강보험법상 환수처분을 할 수 있는지 여부를 다중으로 운영된 의료기관이 의료법에 따라 개설된 의료기관에 해당하는지의 관점에서 분석하고, (2) 임의비급여진료 동의의 전제로서 설명의무에 관한 판결을 설명의 대상, 정도, 주체의 면에서 검토하였다. 마지막으로 정신질환자 보호입원 사건에서 제청된 보호의무자 2인의 동의와 정신건강의학과전문의 1인의 진단에 의하여 정신질환자를 입원시킬 수 있도록 한 정신보건법 제24조에 대하여 위헌법률심판결정에 대해 소개하면서 개정된 정신보건법에 대한 문제점을 아울러 제시하였다.

• 대한치위생과학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the state of conflicts among dental health care workers. A survey was conducted on 266 dental hygienists and nursing assistants who worked in dental institutions from September 12 to November 13, 2017, and SPSS(statistical package for the social science) version 20.0 was employed to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. The most common reason of the dental hygienists for turnover was working hours and heavy workload(24.6%), followed by pay (22.6%), conflicts with dentists(16.0%) and conflicts with colleagues (11.3%). The most dominant reason of the nursing assistants for turnover was pay(31.1%), followed by working hours(24.4%), heavy workload(17.8%), conflicts with dentists(15.6%) and conflicts with colleagues(8.9%). 2. The largest reason for unsuccessful communication with dentists was that heavy workload reduced the opportunity to communicate well(54.5%). The second biggest reason was that they couldn't communicate well though they had the opportunity(24.0%), and the third greatest reason was that they tended to lag behind dentists in terms of professional knowledge(16.9%). 3. The biggest reason for unsuccessful communication among the dental health care workers was that they didn't have a lot of chances to communicate well on account of heavy workload(41.0%). The second largest reason was the differences in professional knowledge(24.9%), and the third greatest reason was that they couldn't communicate well though they had the chance(23.7%). 4. The most dominant reason for conflicts with dentists was the difference in power(24.0%), followed by poor communication skills(22.1%) and a lack of mutual respect(18.1%). But the opinions of the nursing assistants were different from those of the dental hygienists, as they cited poor communication skills as the most common reason, which was followed by the difference in power and a shortage of understanding of each other's work. 5. The most common reason for conflicts among the dental health care workers was a shortage of communication and communication skills(22.9%), and the second most dominant reasons were a lack of mutual respect and poor understanding of each other's work(17.5%), followed by a lack of mutual respect(17.2%). 6. As to the ways of resolving conflicts with dentists, the most common case was making some mutual concessions to compromise (28.9%), followed by delivering opinions through the staff meeting (23.9%), resolving conflicts by candidly exchanging opinions(15.8%), avoiding each other in moderation(11.7%) and following the opinions or assertions of dentists(1.3%). 7. Concerning the conflict resolution methods among the dental health care workers, the most prevalent way was making some mutual concessions to compromise(36.4%), followed by resolving conflicts by candidly exchanging opinions(23.0%) and conveying opinions through the staff meeting(18.5%). 8. Regarding communication among the dental health care workers, the dental hygienists(3.53±.729) considered themselves to be better at communicating than the nursing assistants(3.29±.745) did(p<0.05), and the dental hygienists(3.45±.809) who thought there was respectful treatment among workers who were different in occupational categories found themselves to be better than the nursing assistants(3.21±.952) who had the same thought did(p<0.05). As a result of analyzing whether frequent job-related meetings occurred among the workers whose occupational categories were different, the dental hygienists(3.05±.975) perceived that there were more frequent meetings than the nursing assistants(2.67±.955) did (p<0.01).

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.481-487
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• 2016

본 연구는 단면조사로 노인의 구강건강과 치매의 관계를 알아보고자 편의추출된 65세 이상 노인 197명을 대상으로 주관적 건강, 주관적 구강건강 및 관리, 핵심음식 저작능력, OHIP-14, KDSQ를 설문조사하고 구강검사를 실시하여 의치장착여부, 총 잔존치아수, 임플란트와 고정식보철물을 포함한 총 기능치아수를 조사하였다. 그 결과, KDSQ-C가 6점 이상인 치매검사 요구군에서 전신질환 유병률이 높았고, 주관적 건강상태에 부정적 응답 비율이 높았으며, 건강에 대한 염려가 많았고, KDSQ-V와 KDSQ-D도 유의하게 높았다. 정상군과 치매검사 요구군 간의 틀니장착자율, 총 잔존치아수, 총 기능치아수, 1일 칫솔질 횟수, 치아 통증 정도, 치주질환에 대한 주관적 증상정도, 주관적 구강건강상태, 주관적 구강건강염려의 차이는 없었다. 그러나, 치매검사 요구군이 주관적 치과치료 필요도가 높고 구강건강관련 삶의 질 제한정도가 높고 핵심음식 저작능력은 낮았으며 특히 딱딱한 음식군을 저작하기 어렵하고 하였다. KDSQ-C는 OHIP-14와 강한 양의 상관관계를 가지고 핵심음식 저작능력, 총 잔존치아수와는 약한 음의 관계를 가지고 있었다. 다중회귀분석에서는 KDSQ-D, KDSQ-V, OHIP-14 순으로 KDSQ-C에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 인지능력에 구강건강이 전신건강에 비해 미치는 영향력이 크지는 않지만 구강건강 또한 인지능력과 일부 관계할 수 있으며 인과관계를 분석하기 위해서는 더 정교한 역학연구가 필요할 것으로 제안한다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2009

치아의 선천성 결손은 치배의 발육이 시작되지 못하여 치아의 증식, 분화가 일어나지 못함으로서 발생하는 흔한 치아의 발육 이상이다. 이 연구의 목적은 선천성 결손치의 발생률, 결손치의 수, 발생부위와 결손치 환자에게서 나타난 다른 치아이상의 발생여부를 조사하는 것이다. 본 연구는 2006년 7월부터 2008년 6월까지 전북대학교 소아치과에 내원하여 파노라마를 촬영한 1,520명의 환자(2.9$\sim$17세)를 대상으로 제 3 대구치를 제외한 선천성 결손치의 분포를 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 전체 1,520명 중 총 8.88%에서 결손치가 관찰되었으며, 남자가 9.05%,여자가 8.64%에서 결손치가 관찰되었다. 2.총 350개의 영구 결손치 중 하악 제 2소구치가 22.3%로 가장 발생률이 높았고, 하악 측절치, 상악 제 2소구치 하악 중절치, 상악 측절치 순이었다. 또한 총 18개의 유치 결손치 중 하악 유측절치가 가장 높은 발생률(50%)을 보였다. 3. 1개의 영구치 결손치를 가지는 환자는 43.3%, 2개는 34.3% 3개는 6.7%, 4개는 1.5%, 5개는 3.7% 6개 이상은 10.4%이었다. 또한 유치 결손치의 수는 1개는 86.7%, 2개는 13.3%이었다. 4. 결손치가 있는 환자 중 과잉치를 가지는 환자는 18명(13.3%)이 있었으며, 왜소치, 이소맹출, 융합치 등의 치아이상을 지닌 환자도 관찰되었다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.34-60
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• 1993

This study was done for the improvement of dental health of rural villagers and the dental health education, through finding of the types of brushing teeth and dental treatment of 812 people in Sunsan, Kyungpook province for 35days from March 27 to April 30 in 1992. Summaries are as follows ; 1. 58.5 percent of respondents were women, 56.3 percent were 40′s, 28.0 percent were 30′s, 12.3 percent were 50′s, and the over 60′s were 3.4 percent Elementary school graduates were 36.1 percent and most of them were middle school graduates, 33.5 percent. In view of the occupation, farmers were 56.5 percent, factory workers were 17.9 percent, the middle class (monthly pay amounting to 500,000∼990,000 won) were 49 percent and the lower class(less than 500,000 won) were 30.9 percent. In the standpoint of religion, Buddhists were 42.5 percent. 2. In the number and times of respondents brushing, 35.5 percent is "after dinner", 25.6 percent is "Before going to bed", 15.8 percent is "After breakfast", 13.3 percent is "After every meal", 5.2 percent is "Before breakfast" and 4.7 percent is "The sometimes it occurs to them". 3. The acquirement process of knowledge on the dental health were clinics or health center dentists (27.6%), TV(24.5%), magazine(9.2%), school(7.8%), relatives(5.3%). and 25.6 percent has never acquired. 28.3 percent of the farmers learned something by clinics and 28.1 percent of them haven′t heard about dental health. 4. The rate of persons who experienced oral diseases during 1 year period was 76.1 percent, and that of the educated was 19.9 percent and that of the uneducated 80.1 percent. The authorities concerned with treatment were dentist′s(41.6%), health center(30.3%), and the unlicensed person(2.9%). The rate of negligence was 6.3 percent, farmers experienced oral disease was 75.2 percent and they utilized the health center most often(36.2%). 5. The rate of person who had experienced dental prosthesis during ten year period was 71.9 percent, and the final place or man for dental prosthesis was dental clinic(59.4%), the unlicensed person(27.1%), and health center(13.5%). The rate of farmers experienced dental prosthesis was 70.4 percent. They utilized the dental clinic, the unlicensed person and the health center with the rates of 51.5 percent, 32.2 percent, and 16.7 percent respectively. 6. As to the results of dental prosthesis using the dental clinic, "being satisfied now" was 72.4 percent, "being dissatisfied" 14.4 percent, "being unable to use it" 3.1 percent, "its being somewhat usable" 10.1 percent, "having some problem" 38.7 percent, and "there being no problems" 61.3 percent. About utilizing the unlicensed person, "being satisfied now" was 65.8 percent, "being dissatisfied" was 10.7 percent, "being unable to use it" 5.1 percent and "its being some what usable" was 18.4 percent. 7. The rate of missing teeth holders amounted to 89.8 percent, the rate of the educated to the uneducated was 19.2 percent to 80.8 percent The reasons of neglecting that illness were due to "Endurable"(28.3%), and "No money" (24.3%). In the case of farmers 89.1 percent of them were the missing-teeth holders, the "Endurable" were 29.8 7. percent, and "No money" lay in 27.4 percent. 8. Their hopeful centers for dental prosthesis were the dental clinics(76.6%), and the health center(16.9%).

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.95-113
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to investigate the state of the dental health of adults, used self-reporting qestionnaire as objects of 923 residents living in nine districts at random among the sites of eleven town located in a County. The level of knowledge on dental health of adults in a County was 65.6 points out of 100 points, comparatively low. Accodingly, it is necessary for entire adults to have a dental health-related education and get high standard of knowledge. Especially, educational approach should be performed for groups of 40-49 years old, 50-59 years old, above 60 years old, male, no educational background, having only elementary and middle school education, not having any jobs, engaging in agriculture, doing business on their own and so on. When planning the contents of health education, one actually has to include the habit of amalgam, the factor in influencing on dental health as well as show an example such as how to brush teeth, checking point of proper brushing, how to grip toothbrush. The attitude score related to dental heath was 71.2 points out of 100 points, relatively low. Consequently, the change of attitude related the dental health among entire adults is necessary, particularily, the strategical approach is essential to change dental health connected to attitude positively for groups of male, having high school education background, office workers and the civil service. Besides, among dental health related symtoms, more that 30-40％ of objects showed negative attitude toward as the following cases; in case that plaque or food debris are attached to the teeth (40.8％), upper and lower teeth do not fit together(40.3％), you cannot sleep well because of toothache(31.0％), more than one tooth fall out(31.0％), you have loosing teeth(30.6％), the approach should be conducted to form attitude that dental care is necessry. The state of dental health through dental health related symtoms was 33.3 points out of 100 points, which was fairly satisfactory. However, dental treatment for the state of dental health should be executed in case of comparison of the dental health state according to general characteristics, the group who are above 60 years old, have elementary school education background, engage in aggriculture who are not good in dental health state as opposed to other groups. Furthermore, there should be dental care needs according to dental health related symtoms, particularly, more than 60-70％ of objects have experienced symtoms that plaque or food debris attached to the teeth, tartar is on the teeth so dental treatment should be peformed for a large number of adults. In addition, for the people who have indications that there was a cavity, more than one tooth loss, chilled teeth, toothache when chewing, loose teeth, upper and lower teeth do not fit together, you cannnt sleep well due to the toothach, etc, there should be care through dental treatment. The actual conditions of the hygine of the mouth was relatively good and the difference of the actual state of dental health care in terms of general characteristics showed in only gender; female was more careful in dental health. Comparing the state of oral health synthetically, when they have symtoms, only 34.8％ of objects go to a dentist, 60.7％ are using passive or negative care such as gargling, tolerating or ignoring. There was many symtoms to care through dental therapy such as plaque or food debris get in between the teeth, tartar on the teeth, teeth are very cold, more than one tooth fallout, loose teeth, there is wrong amalgam, and so on, among symtoms to care passively or negatively. Therefore the education for proper treatment program should be performed. As a result of dental health-related knowlege, attitude, health state, verification of correlation between the actual condition of care, the higher the dental heath-related knowldege becomes, the more positive the dental health-related attitude is, and the state of dental health, that is, the standard of the symtom of dental health diminishes. the care for dental health executed through more active method and the more positive dental health-related attitude is, the more active means they performed. Consequently, the high level of dental health-related knowledge should be necessary, the more positive the dental health-related attitude was, the more active method they adopted, therefore, the program is needed to form attitude related to the dental health positively. As the knowledge on dental health is increasing, the attitude is also positive, after all, the plan to increase the standard of knowledge on dental health should be contrived through education program related to dental health.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2009

연구목적: 심미 수복을 위한 색상 결정 방법으로는 색견본 (shade guide)과 치아를 눈으로 직접 비교하는 기존의 비색법과 최근 소개되기 시작한 색상 측정용 기기를 사용하는 방법이 있다. 비색법은 치과의사들과 기공사들 간의 색조 선택에 일관성이 결여되어 있는 등 많은 문제점이 지적되고 있지만 아직도 이러한 방법에 의한 색상 결정과 결정 색상에 대한 표현 방식이 임상 치의학에 적용되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 진료실과 기공소에서 사용하고 있는 색견본이 같은 값을 가지는지 ShadeEye - $NCC^{(R)}$ dental chroma meter (Shofu Inc., Kyoto, Japan)로 확인하고 또한 이 측정 기기의 두 가지 모드가 동일한 shade tab을 같은 값으로 인식하는지 확인하고자 하였다. 연구재료 및 방법: 첫 번째 실험에서는 모두 8개의 Vita Lumin Vacuum shade guide (Vident Inc., California, USA)를 모아 그 중 A1과 B1 shade tab을 각각 5회씩 색상 측정용 기기인 ShadeEye-$NCC^{(R)}$의 tooth mode와 porcelain mode로 나누어 색조 분석을 하였고 두 번째 실험에서는 치과 진료실과 기공소에서 실제 사용하고 있는 Vita Lumin Vacuum shade guide를 각각 12개씩 모아 역시 A1과 B1 shade tab을 색상 측정용 기기인 ShadeEye-$NCC^{(R)}$의 tooth mode와 porcelain mode로 나누어 색조 분석을 실시하였다. 결과: 첫 실험에서 8개의 색견본의 A1과 B1의 5회씩 측정에서 두 가지 mode에서 모두 채도 (shade), 명도 (value), 색상 (hue)에서 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<.05). 두 번째 실험에서는 진료실에서 사용하는 색견본과 기공소에서 사용하는 색견본 사이에는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으나, A1의 porcelain mode 에서 채도가 유의한 차이를 보여 (P<.05), 같은 shade tab이라 할지라도 채도에서 차이가 날 수 있음을 보였다. 결론: ShadeEye-$NCC^{(R)}$의 mode에 따라 동일한shade tab을 다른 값으로 인식하는 것으로 나타나 진료실과 기공소 간에 동일한 mode로 사용하는 것이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.459-473
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• 2004

본 연구는 보다 효과적인 치료계획 수립과 행동조절을 시행하는데 도움을 얻고자, 1999년 1월 1일부터 2002년 12월 31일까지 강릉대학교 치과병원 소아치과에 내원한 환아를 진료기록부를 통해 조사하고, 진정치료를 받은 환아들 및 보호자의 특성을 진료기록부 및 초진시 설문지를 통해 진정치료를 받지 않은 환아들과 비교, 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 내원 환아수 증가와 함께 진정치료환아들의 수가 1999년부터 2002년의 4년 동안 계속적으로 증가하였다. 2. 진정환아군은 비진정환아군에 비해 어린 연령 대에 집중되어 유의할만한 분포의 차이를 보였다(p<0.001). 3. 월별 내원경향에 있어서 진정환아군은 3, 7, 11월에 높은 비율을 보여 전체 환아에 비해 내원빈도 분포에 유의할 만한 차이를 보였다(p<0.001). 4.보호자 직업의 분포에서도 추후 계속된 연구가 필요하지만, 진정환아와 비진정환아군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.001). 5. 진정환아군은, 비진정환아군에 비해 예방, 교정적인 치료보다는 충치치료를 주소로 내원하는 비율이 높아 내원동기의 분포에 유의할만한 차이가 있었다(p<0.001). 6. 이전 치과치료시 진정환아군에서 부정적 반응을 보인 비율이 더 높았고, 보호자 기대치에서도 진정환아군에서 부정적 반응을 기대한 비율이 더 높았다(p<0.001). 7. 진정환아군의 31.2%는 소개를 통해 소아치과에 내원하였으며, 치과의사에 의한 소개가 가장 높은 58.3%를 차지하였다. 8. 달래도 치료를 거부할 경우, 진정환아군의 보호자들은 50.9%가 진정치료를 선호한 반면, 비진정환아군의 보호자들은 물리적 방법을 54.6%로 선호하여 유의할만한 분포의 차이를 보였다(p<0.001).

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.315-321
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• 2007

어린이의 공간유지와 교합유도의 치료를 위하여 가철성 장치는 소아치과 임상에서 일상적으로 사용되고 있다. 상악의 경우와는 달리 하악에서는 가철성 장치를 사용하는데 있어 유지력의 저하에 따른 치료효과의 감소, 환자의 불편감과 거부감으로 인한 미착용 등의 문제가 흔히 발생한다. 이것은 유치열기나 초기 혼합치열기 어린이의 경우, 하악구치부의 undercut양이 충분치 못함에도 불구하고, 여기에 협측 undercut으로부터 유지력을 얻는 각종 clasp를 적용하기 때문으로 사료된다. 또한 전통적인 가철성 장치들의 acrylic base plate가 설측에 위치하고 있어 설측 연조직이나 치조능 undercut과 많은 문제를 일으키는 현상을 볼 수 있다. 어린이들은 하악 장치의 작업모형을 위한 인상채득과정에서 술자의 지시대로 혀를 바르게 거상하지 못하는 예가 많은 것도 그 원인요소로 들 수 있다. 본 연구는 전통적인 하악의 Hawley acrylic plate로부터 clasp와 acrylic baseplate의 위치를 바꾸어 협측 base plate와 설측 clasp을 이용한 buccal acrylic appliance를 유치열기 및 초기 혼합치열기 어린이의 구강에 적용하여 그 장단점을 조사하고 환아들의 수용도와 효율성을 기존의 lingual acrylic appliance와 비교, 검토할 목적으로 시행되었다. 공간유지 및 치아이동을 필요로 하는 5개 증례를 대상으로 각 증례에 buccal acrylic appliance와 기존의 lingual acrylic appliance를 모두 적용하여, 유지력, 환자 수용도, 혀의 기능과의 조화, 치료 효과 등의 측면을 상호 비교해 보았다. 조사 결과, 조사 대상의 모든 증례에서 유지력과 환아의 수용도 측면에서 협측 장치가 설측 장치에 비해 월등히 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 치료 효과의 측면에서도 협측 장치는 설측 장치와 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통하여 하악에 가철성 장치를 사용할 경우, 전통적인 설측 장치와 관련된 각종 부작용을 해결하는 데에 buccal acrylic appliance가 훌륭한 대안으로서 임상적용을 추천할 만 하다고 사료되었다.