The current status of dental dispute: Centered on the 2nd data(Korea Consumer Agency, Med-in)

Ahn,  Yong Soon; Ahn,  Eun Suk; Goong,  Hwa-Soo

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

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2015;53(2):96-102.
Published online February 28, 2015.

2차 자료(한국소비자원, 현대해상화재 배상보험)에 나타난 치과의료분쟁 현황

안용순¹, 안은숙², 궁화수³

^¹을지대학교 치위생학과
^²원광대학교 치과대학 인문사회치의학교실
^³건양대학교 치위생학과

The current status of dental dispute: Centered on the 2nd data(Korea Consumer Agency, Med-in)

Yong Soon Ahn¹, Eun Suk Ahn², Hwa-Soo Goong³

¹Department of Dental Hygiene, Eulji University
²Department of Social and Humanity in Dentistry, Wonkwang University School of Dentistry
³Department of Dental Hygiene, Konyang University

Abstract

There is a need to comprehend dental accidents accurately, and construct patient-safety-system in order to prevent consistently increasing dental accident or dispute. This study is aimed to provide basic data for an efficient counterplain by looking through and classifying already occurred dental accidents from an angle of patient safety. Recently, the number of dispute on dental implant was the highest according to rapid growth of dental implant. As a result of classifying dental accidents by International Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS), it is confirmed that cause of accident is different by each type of dental treatment. It is expected to help preventing and managing dental disputes properly by studying actual state of dental disputes in perspective of patient safety. Effort to reduce dental accidents and activity to pursue patient safety have thread in connection. I believe that financial profits of dental clinic and improvement of quality in dental treatment can be achieved through these efforts.

Key Words: Patient Safety;Dental accident/dispute;International Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS);