• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.265-273
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• 2013

The insurance payment plan for dental implants in Korea has been criticized because the payment priority has not been properly established, and the benefits are concentrated among middle-class citizens. In the current study, the relationship between the oral health condition and socioeconomic status of the elderly was analyzed using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). This study aims to determine the reason underlying the criticism of the insurance payment plan. The subjects were >65-year-old individuals in the 2010 and 2011 database of KNHANES. Data from 2,812 subjects were analyzed. The socioeconomic status was determined based on edentulousness, molar tooth loss, and presence of 28 teeth. According to the analysis, the average income was 1,560,000 won for edentulous elderly, 1,811,000 won for elderly who had lost molar teeth, and 1,896,000 won for elderly with 28 teeth (p<0.05). In addition, elderly with a low education level demonstrated a poor oral health condition (p<0.001). In conclusion, the insurance plan currently under examination is not properly designed for economically impoverished elderly because the plan only covers 50% of the costs and is limited to implantation of molar teeth only. This plan will not provide practical benefits to elderly with a poor socioeconomic status; therefore, the insurance payment plan needs to be improved so that the appropriate beneficiaries can be targeted.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2014

An opportunity for dental students to come into contact with individuals with disabilities is insufficient. Therefore, prejudice and negative attitudes towards persons with disabilities persist. Working under the assumption that educating dental students regarding people with disabilities will bring about positive awareness, we conducted this study. We investigated the changes in the recognition of the issues and needs of people with disabilities before and after special care dentistry class of students of dental college that will include an experience in a dental clinic with a disabled person. Seventy-two Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry third-year dental students attended the special care dentistry class in one semester and they took the same survey was before and after the class. In the questionnaire, we used the disability factor scale (DFS) that Siller has proposed. The authoritarian virtuousness factor getting lower to a significant level after receiving an education. This means that after the education, the respondents realize that how hard to adapt the disabilities. After receiving an education, the rejection of intimacy factor score significantly get higher than before they took the class. This means that after the training, positive attitudes towards those with disabilities were better than those towards the opposite sex. We were able to confirm a positive change in the recognition for persons with disabilities through the special care dentistry class. Our study shows that educating dental students on the how to take care of individuals with disabilities can bring about a positive change in the attitudes students may have regarding them.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2019

장애인의 교정 치료는 환자에 따라 치료 목표와 방법이 비장애인의 교정 치료와 달라질 수 있다. 교정 치료를 시작하기 전에 환자의 교정 치료의 한계에 대한 보호자와의 충분한 의사소통이 먼저 이루어져야 하고, 교정 치료는 환자가 견딜 수 있으면서 도움이 되는 방향으로 시행되어야 한다. 또한 교정치료 시 보호자들에게 구강위생관리의 중요성을 항상 강조하고 집에서의 구강 위생 관리를 위한 교육을 반드시 시행해야 한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.553-567
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• 2007

Migrant Worker are rapidly increasing in Korea since 1990. They are nowadays main sources of laborer groups engaging in medium-sized factories. The purpose of this study is to provide the basic information to establish proper oral health policy. Dental caries and periodontal disese are the most common disease that occur in the mouth. Periodontal disease is the most common disease in humans and the biggest reason for the loss of the teeth in the adult population. The CPITIN has been developed jontly by the international Dental Federation and the World Health Organization. CPITN is now an established index of level, of periodontal condition in populations for which specific intervention might be considered. This study was conducted to obtain the information regarding to CPITN of migrant workers located in Daegu, Questionaire survey was carried out for 289 workers from July 9 to August 8, 2006. Total survey was 289, 224 males and 65 females. The result was as follows: First, The number of nationality was 14. The first majority was China as 31.8% Among 14 nationalities were Cambodia 18.0%, Vietnam 12.8%, Sri Lanka 12.1%, Indonesia 7.3%, Nepal 4.2%, the other 13.8%, those who are aged from 20 to 29 were 43.9%, and salary from 1,000,000 won to 1,490,000 won 51.2%.(as for their residence, those who resided) over 3 years were 42.6% and not insured reached 68.5%. Second, more than 93.4% of the subjects need periodontal treatment, only 4.9% of non-smoker was health periodontal states, four times frequency of tooth brushing per a day was 16.7%. Third, 28.7% of migrant workers had experienced visit of dental clinic, and 22.9% had received treatment of decayed tooth. Fourth, It is difficult for them 65.1% of them to visit dental clinic in korea, the First was a communication problem and the second was time. Fifth, Most of them didn't have a oral health education but 85.1% of them said that they wish they attend oral health education. We conclude that the situation of migrant workers was very bad considering their working conditions, circumstances, and health condition. According to this study, more than 93.4% of the people need periodontal treatment. Besides they didn't have accurate knowledge about prevention of periodontal disease. Therefor our considering these facts, the policy of dental health by government should be established for migrant workers.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2021

Objectives: This study examined demographic factors hampering access to healthcare at hospitals and suggests policy approaches to improve healthcare management in Thailand. Methods: The data for the study were drawn from a health and welfare survey conducted by the National Statistical Office of Thailand in 2017. The population-based health and welfare survey was systematically carried out by skilled interviewers, who polled 21 519 384 individuals. The independent variables related to demographic data (age, sex, religion, marital status, education, occupation, and area of residence), chronic diseases, and health insurance coverage. The dependent variable was the degree of access to healthcare. Multiple logistic regression analysis was subsequently performed on the variables found to be significant in the univariate analysis. Results: Only 2.5% of the population did not visit a hospital when necessary for outpatient-department treatment, hospitalization, or the provision of oral care. The primary reasons people gave for not availing themselves of the services offered by government hospitals when they were ill were-in descending order of frequency-insufficient time to seek care, long hospital queues, travel inconvenience, a lack of hospital beds, unavailability of a dentist, not having someone to accompany them, and being unable to pay for the transportation costs. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that failure to access the health services provided at hospitals was associated with demographic, educational, occupational, health welfare, and geographic factors. Conclusions: Accessibility depends not only on health and welfare benefit coverage, but also on socioeconomic factors and the degree of convenience associated with visiting a hospital.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2020

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of malocclusion with respect to grade, sex, and year among Korean pre-adolescent and adolescent students during 2012-2017. Methods: A total of 165,996 students (first grade [E1, 6-7 years of age], fourth grade [E4, 9-10 years], seventh grade [M1, 12-13 years], and tenth grade [H1, 15-16 years]) were selected by stratified sampling method and underwent the nationwide oral health examination performed by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea. The malocclusion assessments based on dentists' judgments were "no malocclusion," "needs orthodontic treatment (N-OTx)," and "under orthodontic treatment (U-OTx)." The sum of N-OTx and U-OTx cases was determined as the number of students with malocclusion. After analyzing the prevalence of malocclusion according to grade, sex, and year-by-year differences, Pearson correlation analyses and two-way analyses of variance were performed. Results: The prevalence of malocclusion was 18.7%, which increased with the grades (E1 [8.3%] < E4 [15.8%] < M1 [22.9%] < H1 [25.3%], p < 0.001). However, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of malocclusion in each grade group for the period (p > 0.05) without significant correlation (E1, ρ = 0.129; E4, ρ = -0.495; M1, ρ = 0.406; H1, ρ = -0.383; all p > 0.05). The prevalence of malocclusion within each grade group over the six-year period was more prominent in the female (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Further studies are necessary to modify the malocclusion assessment method to account for specific types of malocclusion in pre-adolescent and adolescent students.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.493-500
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• 2013

본 연구는 최근에 크게 증가하고 있는 정신질환자의 구강건강 문제에 주목하여 그 실태를 파악하고자 시행하였다. 강원도 소재의 정신보건센터 한 곳의 주간 프로그램 참여대상자(23명)와 정신병원 한 곳의 입원 대상자(69명) 전체 92명을 편의집락추출하여 구강건강상태와 치주건강상태, 구강위생상태를 사정하였으며 수집된 자료를 비교 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 상실치아(MT)는 병원 대상자(6.42)가 센터 대상자(1.83)보다 더 높았으나, 충전치아(FT)는 센터 대상자(4.78)가 병원 대상자(2.52)보다 높았다(p<0.05). DMFT index는 정신질환자(12.80)가 전국표본(6.22)에 비해 더 높았고, 연령이 높을수록, 학력이 낮을수록, 의료급여 대상자의 구강건강 상태가 더 나빴다(p<0.05). 2. 구강위생상태는 PHP index 3.41로 자가구강건강관리가 잘 이루어지지 않는 편이였다(p<0.05). 3. 치주건강 상태는 병원 대상자(81.7%)가 센터 대상자(47.6%)에 비해 치주요양필요자율이 더 높았으며, 특히 40대와 60대, 학력이 낮을수록, 가족이 없을수록 더 나빴다(p<0.05). 치주요양불필요자율(CPITN0)은 병원 대상자(18.3%)가 전국표본(27.4%)에 비해 낮았으며, 치주조기병치료필요자율(CPITN3)은 병원 대상자(13.3%)가 전국표본(5.7%)보다 더 높았다. 4. 정신질환자의 구강건강상태를 개선하기 위하여 치과위생사는 정신질환자의 구강건강 상태 증진을 위한 노력을 해야 하며, 이에 앞서 해당 집단 안에서 연령과 학력, 결혼유무, 가족 형태, 경제적인 상태 등을 선행조사할 필요가 있다. 또한 정신질환 종류와 심도별 인지능력을 고려하여 교육매체와 교육 프로그램을 구분하여 고안해야 한다. 한편 치과계에서는 정신질환자의 구강건강상태를 개선하기 위한 정책적인 방안을 마련하는 데에 점진적인 노력을 기울여야 하며, 주기적인 구강건강관리실태를 파악할 필요가 있다. 5. 본 연구는 접근이 어려운 정신질환자를 대상자로 선정하여 전반적인 구강건강상태를 측정하였다는 점에 그 의의가 있으나, 표본을 단일모집단으로 선정하였다는 점에 한계가 있다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.57-66
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• 1975

The study was performed to evaluate the Parent's knowledge and attitudes concerning the dental health of their children. A questionnaire consisting of 17 questions was given to each of the 664 parents by their children who are attending in primary school and was completed by them. The collected information from the questionnaire was analyzed by the visits to dental clinic, age and education. The results obtained from this study are as follows: 1) The more educated parents were more interested to the dental health of children. 2) In the know ledge concerning the dental health of their children, the parents who were more educated and had visited the dental clinic gave the better. responses. 3) There were no clear differences in age groups in the knowledge and attitudes on their children's dental health. 4) The reason for first visiting the dental clinic was dental treatment 43.2%, toothache 35.4%, for the purpose of oral examination 21.2%, and others were 9.2%. 5) 13.1% of the parents who had visited the dental clinic couldn't or didn't follow the recommended treatment because of economic difficulty 53.3%, lack of time 25%, lack of understanding of child's dental needs 18.3%, and other reasons were 3.3%.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.459-468
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• 2012

본 연구는 2011년 6월 10일~11일까지 유아기의 비만과 구강건강과의 관계에 대하여 조사 분석하였다. 연구대상은 강원도에 위치한 K어린이집의 유아 90명을 대상으로 설문조사와 구강검사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS WIN 15.0프로그램을 이용하여 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 유치우식경험자율은 56.7%이었으며, 유치우식유병자율은 42.2%로 나타났다. 2. 일반적 특성에 따른 유치우식경험율을 조사한 결과 연령이 증가할수록 유치우식경험율이 높게 나타났다. 3. 성장과 비만 정도에 따른 유치우식경험율을 조사한 결과, 신장이 100~110 cm, 체중이 25 kg 이상인 유아가 다른 유아보다 유치우식경험율이 높게 나타났으며, 110~115cm인 유아가 다른 유아보다 유치우식유병율이 높게 나타났다. 4. 일반적 특성에 따른 우식경험유치(면)수를 조사한 결과, 연령이 많은 유아일수록 우식경험유치수와 우식경험유치면수가 높게 나타났다. 5. 성장과 비만 정도에 따른 우식경험유치(면)수를 조사한 결과, 체중이 높은 유아일수록 우식경험유치수와 우식경험유치면수가 높게 나타났으며, 과체중인 유아일수록 우식유치수, 충전유치수, 우식경험유치수와 우식유치면수, 우식경험유치면수가 높게 나타났다. 비만과 치아우식증이 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났으므로, 보육기관에서는 유아들이 올바른 식습관을 익히도록 유아, 부모(보호자), 보육교사를 대상으로 지속적인 구강보건교육을 통하여 효율적인 구강건강관리에 도움을 주어야 할 것이다. 또한 간식 선택에 있어서도 신중을 기해야 할 것으로 사료된다. 학령전기인 유아를 대상으로 체계적으로 구강보건사업을 실시하여 유치뿐만 아니라 영구치도 효율적으로 관리할 수 있도록 구강보건사업의 연계성을 높여야 할 것이다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2010

As Korea is entering an aging society, the number of elderly people who need new denture or who have problems with their existing denture or adjacent tissue is increasing and it will double in 2018. Therefore, denture clinician system will lessen patients financial burden and introduce market economy to the dental prosthesis field. Therefore, Korea needs to adopt denture clinician system as soon as possible as USA or Canada to increase people s accessibility in quality and quantity. Denture clinician will determine the size and shape of denture after performing oral examination, make impression using various materials, fabricate denture, deliver and adjust completed denture to the patient, repair denture, and carry out financial management in the denture fabricating company or manage human resources. Considering denture clinicians services, American and European education system seems to be close to our system. Therefore, in this study, basic curriculums of several countries in Europe and America were reviewed and curriculum that meets Korean situation was suggested.