A STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF OUT- PATIENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY OF
DENTAL HOSPITAL OF YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Hyung-Jun Choi
Department fo Dental science, Graduate School, Yonsei University
(Directed by Associated Professor Heung Kyu Sohn D.D.S.)
The author analyzed a total of 4,753 out-patients of the department of Pediatric
Dentistry of the dental hospital of Yonsei University from January 4, 1988 to
December 31, 1989 for the purpose of making public oral health plan more effective
and the improvement of the hospital management system for better clinical dental
practice.
The results are follows ;
1. The out -patients under the age of 5 composed of 52.5% of the total group.
2. In view of the chief complaints, the dental diseases due to dental caries
ranked the top (56.5%), and orthodontic treatment (11.0%), and traumatic injury
(10.1% ), others (22.4% ) ranked the next.
3. As for the sex distribution the number of the male patients (55.7%) dominated
the female (44.3%) and it showed the tendency that male patients were revered from
local clinic more than female.
4. The children resided in residency area of Mapo Gu, Kyungki Do, Seudaemun Gu,
Eunpeung Gu, kangsu Gu, Yangchun Gu, Youngdeungpo Gu, Kuro Gu in the descending
order.
5. The number of children with the seven systemic disease was 428 out of 4,753
(9.0%) and 97 among them were cerebral - palsies.
6. Such habits as finger sucking and tongue thrusting were more common with the
children under the age of 6 and bruxism, lip sucking and mouth breathing were more
common with the the those 6 or more years old.
7. The out-patients reached in January, July, August and the least in April.
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The author analyzed a total of 4,753 out-patients of the department of Pediatric Dentistry of the dental hospital of Yonsei University from January 4, 1988 to December 31, 1989 for the purpose of making public oral health plan more effective
and the improvement of the hospital management system for better clinical dental practice.
The results are follows ;
1. The out -patients under the age of 5 composed of 52.5% of the total group.
2. In view of the chief complaints, the dental diseases due to dental caries ranked the top (56.5%), and orthodontic treatment (11.0%), and traumatic injury (10.1% ), others (22.4% ) ranked the next.
3. As for the sex distribution the number of the male patients (55.7%) dominated the female (44.3%) and it showed the tendency that male patients were revered from local clinic more than female.
4. The children resided in residency area of Mapo Gu, Kyungki Do, Seudaemun Gu, Eunpeung Gu, kangsu Gu, Yangchun Gu, Youngdeungpo Gu, Kuro Gu in the descending order.
5. The number of children with the seven systemic disease was 428 out of 4,753 (9.0%) and 97 among them were cerebral - palsies.
6. Such habits as finger sucking and tongue thrusting were more common with the children under the age of 6 and bruxism, lip sucking and mouth breathing were more common with the the those 6 or more years old.
7. The out-patients reached in January, July, August and the least in April.