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KMID : 0358920060330030504
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2006 Volume.33 No. 3 p.504 ~ p.509
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THE PRACTICE PATTERN OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTS IN KOREA
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Choi Eun-Jeong
Jung Tae-Ryun
Hahn Se-Hyun
Kim Young-Jae
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Abstract
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Pediatric dentistry is differentiated from other fields of dentistry in that it provides comprehensive dental care for children and adolescents. In early days, pediatric dentistry used to be confined to the caries treatment and extraction of primary teeth However, the practice spectrum of pediatric dentistry has broadened to the orthodontic, surgical, esthetic and preventive treatments A survey that contained questions about practice patterns were mailed to 50 pediatric dentists, and 21 surveys were returned. Results were as follows: 1. The average number of patients per week was 82.4, and the average number of treated teeth per patient was 2.35. 2. Preventive treatments comprised 15.7%, restorative treatments 55.7%, endodontic treatments 15.6%, surgical treatments 10.5%, and orthodontic treatments 2.4%. 3. In restorative treatments, amalgam restoration comprised 3.8%, glass ionomer 5.5%, composite resin 63.0%, and stainless steel crown 27.7%.
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KEYWORD
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Practice pattern, Treatment ratio
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