The Need for a Public Oral Health Platform and Dentist Perception Survey

Yang, dong hyo; Kwon, Hye-Jin; Jun, sung won; Kim, min hee; Kim, kwang hyon; YI, soon im; Lee, Eung-Joo; Kim, Young-Gwan; Min, Bong-Gi; Chung, Ho-Chung; Jeong, Mi-Ri; Choi, You-Sung; Cho, Hyun-Jae

doi:2023.61.10.645

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 61(10); 2023 > Article

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2023;61(10):645-656.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2023.61.10.002 Published online September 30, 2023.

공공구강보건플랫폼의 필요성과 치과의사 인식조사

양동효¹

, 정호정³, 정미리^2,3, 최유성¹

, 조현재²

^¹경기도치과의사회
^²서울대학교 치의학대학원 예방치학교실
^³카이아이컴퍼니

The Need for a Public Oral Health Platform and Dentist Perception Survey

dong hyo Yang¹

, Ho-Chung Chung³, Mi-Ri Jeong^2,3, You-Sung Choi¹

, Hyun-Jae Cho²

¹Gyeonggi Dental Association
²Department of Preventive Dentistry & Public Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
³Kai-i Company

Correspondence: Hyun-Jae Cho, Tel: +82-2-740-8677, Fax: +82-2-765-1722,
Email: stbluewi@snu.ac.kr

Received: 14 June 2023 • Revised: 21 June 2023 • Accepted: 31 August 2023

Abstract

Purpose
To examine the current status and limitations of several healthcare platform cases and develop effective content and models for a public oral health platform through a survey of dentists.
Methods
Survey on public platforms was conducted on 362 dentists belonging to the Gyeonggi Dental Association. The survey questions consisted of 4 questions on awareness of recent issues related to platforms, 4 questions on the need for platforms, and 9 questions on essential content for public platforms.
Results
In the survey, 77.9% of dentists recognized the importance of public platforms. The main features that should be included in public platforms are "student oral examination function" and "dentist locator function". And 84.3% of respondents answer they would be willing to use a platform with these features.
Conclusion
This study emphasizes the need for active participation in public platforms to offset the drawbacks of private platforms.

Key Words: Digital Healthcare; Oral health public platforms; Public Platforms; Oral health; Telemedicine