Development and clinical application of a simple explanatory system for Pediatric Dentistry

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25862039
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Orthodontics/Pediatric dentistry
Research Institution	Tsurumi University
Principal Investigator	KODAIRA Hiroe 鶴見大学, 歯学部, 助教 (20367303)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	歯科治療 / 代用語 / 語い年齢 / 小児 / 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / 視覚手段 / プレパレーション / ＲＶＴ－Ｒ絵画語い発達検査 / 語彙年齢 / プレパレーッション / ＰＶ－Ｒ / 子ども / PVT-R / 自閉症スペクトラム
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In daily practice of pediatric dentistry, we use Tell-Show-Do Method with alternative words, rather than the technical terms, in order to explain treatment procedures in simple terms to child patients. However, at present, we have only a few alternative words that are either understood by pediatric dentists in general or adequately applicable to the developmental stage of children. The present research was launched in order to address this shortcoming. Using child dental patients who came for dental treatment, a questionnaire survey was carried out employing easy-to-understand visual systems of 16 dental instruments and the corresponding alternative words. Most of the patients selected photographs as the means of visual materials. As the results indicated, there was a difference between the alternative words that the children pointed out as easy-to-understand and those used by pediatric dentists in daily practice for simple explanations.