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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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J Korean Dent Assoc. 2021;59(12):704-717. Published online November 30, 2021.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2021.59.12.001
- 최근 10년간 대전 지역 대학병원 소아치과에 내원한 영아의 진료 및 후속 검진 현황 분석
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김초록
, 송지현
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원광대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실
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- Pattern of the visit and regular check of infants who visited university dental clinic in Daejeon for recent 10 years
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Chorok Kim
, Jihyun Song
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Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University
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- Corresponding author: Jihyun Song Tel: +82-42-366-1197, Fax: +82-42-366-1115, Email: amistad@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Received: September 10, 2021; Revised: October 6, 2021 Accepted: October 14, 2021.
- Abstract
- This study aims to understand the characteristics of the dental visit, and to evaluate the compliance with regular check-up of infants who visited Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital(WKUDH) from January 2008 to December 2017. A retrospective analysis of clinical data including chief complaint, visit route, performed treatment option and pattern of recall visit for 3 years after the first visit was conducted based on the electronic medical record. The compliance with a regular check-up of each individual was evaluated according to the intervals and the number of recall visits. Within 321 infants, 19.3% of the participants were under 6 months old whereas 80.7% were between 6 months and 1 year old. While the presence of natal/neonatal teeth was the most frequent chief complaint of infants under 6 months old was, dental trauma was the most common one of the infants between 6 months and 1 year old. The participants were classified into 4 groups according to the compliance with regular check-up for 3 years. The group which showed poorer compliance with regular check-up occupied bigger proportion. It is necessary to understand why and how infants make their first visit to dental clinic, which would be a groundwork to provide adequate clinical management and oral health education for the infants as well as their caregivers.
Keywords :Infants; First dental visit; Reasons for dental visit; Prevention; Dental regular check
