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The Dentists’ View of Dental Hygienist Duties in Korea
| العنوان: | The Dentists’ View of Dental Hygienist Duties in Korea |
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| المؤلفون: | Yang-Keum Han, Ji-Su Yu, Seung-Hee Kim, Jin-Young Yang, Soo-Myoung Bae, Soo-Jeong Hwang |
| المصدر: | 치위생과학회지, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 34-43 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | The Korean Society of Dental Hygiene Science, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Dentistry |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | dental hygienists, dentists, task performance and analysis, Dentistry, RK1-715 |
| الوصف: | Background: The number and curriculum of dental hygienists in Korea have dramatically increased. Controversies have since resulted from insufficient job descriptions of the work performed by a dental hygienist. A dentist's perception was examined to legally reflect the actual work of dental hygienists.Methods: Four hundred and nineteen dentists were surveyed about the duties of a dental hygienist. Their views on the career and availability of each job were examined. The duties of the dental hygienist include 13 items in dental treatment preparation, 14 items of radiography, 21 items of preventive dentistry, 6 items of periodontal treatment, 12 items of oral medicine, 12 items of conservative dentistry, 8 items of prosthetics, 10 items of orthodontics, 7 items of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 6 items of implantation, 6 items of impression taking and model fabrication, 5 items of anesthesia and injection, 11 items of management and administrative, and 3 items of self-development.Results: Most of the duties were doable by a dental hygienist. Many dentists reported that managing implants, oral hygiene of special patients, some duties in oral medicine, teeth brightening, making temporary crowns, making individual trays, selecting shades, ligaturing, and precision impressions need ≥3 years of experience. Duties perceived by dentists not to be performed by dental hygienists were reading radiographs (55.4%), suture and stitch out (48.0%), intramuscular injection (36.0%), root planning (27.2%), cementation and removal of prostheses (23.2%), and examining pulp vitality (22.0%).Conclusion: Current laws are to be revised to include, the care provided by dental hygienists and under a physician’s supervision. Flexibility is also needed to cope with rapidly changing dental technology. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English Korean |
| تدمد: | 2233-7679 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2233-7679 |
| DOI: | 10.17135/jdhs.2020.20.1.34 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/776532e37fc345a2b1e50e2444a20722 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.776532e37fc345a2b1e50e2444a20722 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 22337679 |
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| DOI: | 10.17135/jdhs.2020.20.1.34 |