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KMID : 1023420130130010097
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2013 Volume.13 No. 1 p.97 ~ p.104
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Behaviors-Based Safety Management of Dental Professionals on Dental Amalgam and Resin
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Yoon Sung-Uk
Nam In-Suk
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Abstract
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This study investigated the safety management behavior of dental professionals to minimize exposure to harmful elements of amalgam and resin. As for the use of amalgam and resin, 85.8% of them used amalgam. 100% of used composite resin 100%. 97.8% used acryl resin, and 95.7% used tray resin. 95.2% and 36.5% of them were aware of the harm of amalgam and resin respectively. When using resin, their safety management behavior score was 1.99 on average, and the lowest score was 2.50 on average for ``ventilate the indoor air when handling resin``. Their average score of the safety management behavior was 1.83 when using amalgam. The lowest score was 2.89 on average for ``use the rubber dam for patients when handling amalgam``. As a result of the safety management behavior based on general characteristics, all characteristics were significant with regard to amalgam, and my position at work and work experience were significant with regard to resin (p＜0.05). The correlation between the safety management behavior and general characteristics was analyzed when dental amalgam and resin are used. Amalgam was statistically correlated with academic background (p＜0.05) and position at work (p＜0.05), whereas resin was statistically significantly correlated with age (p＜0.05) and position at work (p＜0.05). Accordingly, education about the harm of dental materials must be continuously provided for dental professionals when they handle dental materials so that safety management behavior will be conducted correctly, and active efforts to protect the health of dental professionals from harmful chemicals must be made.
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KEYWORD
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Dental amalgam, Dental professionals, Resins, Safety managemen
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