Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회지)

Korean Society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회)
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A Survey on dental college students' perception and understanding of dental hygienists

치과위생사에 대한 예비치과의사의 인식 조사

  • Park, Go-Eun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Yun-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jun-Gyu (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Jeon, Hyun-Sun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
  • 박고은 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 이윤미 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 이전규 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 전현선 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2015.04.01
  • Accepted : 2015.06.16
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate third and forth year dental students' perception towards dental hygienists as professionals. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 602 dental college students in Korea after receiving the informed consent. Except incomplete answers, 217 data were analyzed. The questionnaire consisted of three questions of the general perception towards dental hygienists, four questions of the cooperation relationship to the dental hygienists, four questions of oral health education, five questions of preventive dental health care, five questions of dental treatment cooperation, and five questions of dental health care management. The data were analyzed using PASW Statistics 18.0(SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: Most of the dental college students viewed the dental hygienists as professionals. However, they did not exactly know the professional job of dental hygienists within the current national medical services system and they often viewed the dental hygienists as a medical assistant. The dental college students thought that the key role of the dental hygienists is the dental assisting. Only a small fraction of the participants recognized oral health promotion, preventive cares, and hospital management as professional roles of dental hygienists. Conclusions : Dental college students' perception towards dental hygienists as professionals needs to be improved. Understanding the job description of dental hygienists clearly is a crucial part of dental students' learning process and future practice.

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