Significance and Problems of Kyushu Dental College Hospital as the Key Hospital among Neighborhood Dental Offices

• Published in: The Journal of the Kyushu Dental Society Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 178 - 186
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Shuichi, Kawano, Hiroyuki, Matsunobu, Akitomo, Kubota, Kouzou, Shouno, Yasuo, Tominaga, Kazuhiro, Maki, Kenshi, Shiiba, Shunji, Ono, Kentarou, Okabe, Sachiko, Morimoto, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: KYUSHU DENTAL SOCIETY 25.10.2004
• Subjects: Dental offices; Key hospital; Neighborhood; Significance
• ISSN: 0368-6833; 1880-8719
• DOI: 10.2504/kds.58.178

The aim of this study was to elucidate the significance and problems of Kyushu Dental College Hospital as a key hospital for neighborhood dental offices. We sent out questionnaires to 322 dentists in neighboring dental offices. Within 2 weeks, we received the questionnaires by mail, and analyzed them. A total of 128 questionnaires were returned (response rate, 40%). Of the respondents, 89% had attended dental-related lectures within the previous year. A total of 95% of respondents had at least one patient a year for whom they could not carry out the care alone. The majority of these patients received care related to oral surgery, and 67% of these patients were transported to Kyushu Dental College Hospital. The major reason for choosing Kyushu Dental College Hospital was that the dentists working there had good skills and also had personal communication with the referring dentists. Systematic improvement and skill preparedness in all departments, and in particular, oral surgery, and establishment of personal communication between our hospital's dentists and dentists in neighborhood dental offices should lead to success for our hospital and for neighborhood dental offices.