Dental accidents and malpractice disputes survey

Park,  Seon Gyu; Kim,  Sun-Mi; Shin,  Ho Sung

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 53(2); 2015 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2015;53(2):103-110.
Published online February 28, 2015.

치과의사의 설문을 통해 본 치과의료사고 및 분쟁

박선규¹, 김선미², 신호성³

^¹S리더 치과병원
^²원광대학교 치과대학 인문사회치의학교실
^³원광대학교 치과대학 인문사회치의학교실

Dental accidents and malpractice disputes survey

Seon Gyu Park¹, Sun-Mi Kim², Ho Sung Shin³

¹S-leader Dental Hospital
²Department of Social and Humanity in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University
³Department of Social and Humanity in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University

Abstract

The dental accidents and disputes among Korean dentists have been on the increase with time. The main purpose of this study is to figure out the actual status of the dental accidents and malpractice disputes based on a questionnaire survey. The findings showed that 64.8% of respondents had been experienced the dental accidents, and 52.9% of respondents had been locked into the disputes. Within 5 years from the start of dental practice, the nearly half of the dentists responded the experience of the dental accidents and disputes. The amount of compensation for dental accidents and disputes wereindentalimplant, prosthodontics, and oral surgery treatments in descending order. The highest incident type was wrong process/treatment/procedure problem in clinical process/procedure.

Key Words: Patient Safety;Medical error;Dental error;Medical Accident;