The purpose of this study was to develop the public basic data the elementary school incremental dental care program of the elementary school. The author had surveyed and supplied comprehensive dental care to the number of 38 children in the Yi-yang e...
The purpose of this study was to develop the public basic data the elementary school incremental dental care program of the elementary school. The author had surveyed and supplied comprehensive dental care to the number of 38 children in the Yi-yang elementary school for 3 years. Thereafter, dental caries prevalence and treatment needs, the mean dental chair time per child, the number of children that a dentist can treat in a year and the cost were calculated and discussed.
The obtained results were as follows;
1. The level of dental health was improved during 3 years.
2. The primary dental treatment needs were not changed during 3 years, while the secondary dental treatment needs were reduced after the second stage of the incremental dental care and tertiary needs were reduced markedly during 3 years.
3. The mean dental chair time per child was 49min 5sec in the stage of the initial dental care, 32min 15sec in the first stage, 13min 26sec in the second stage of the incremental dental care, respectively.
4. It was calculated that a dentist can treat 1,610 children in the stage of the initial dental care, 2,490 children in the first stage, 6,000 children in the second stage of in the incremental dental care respectively.
5. It was calculated that the mean dental treatment cost was 94,390 won in the stage of the initial dental care, 51,130 won in the first stage, 17,130 won in the second stage of the incremental dental care respectively.