Fundamental research for establishing community-based dental care system

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K20645
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social dentistry
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAYAMA Ayumi 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域附属病院, 助教 (10398290)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 地域医療 / へき地医療 / 離島医療 / 超高齢社会 / 地域包括ケアシステム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To establish a community-based dental care system in remote regions and remote islands, we tried to clarify the current situation of dental care provided at remote regions and remote islands. In this research, a questionnaire survey was performed to dentists in remote islands in Kagoshima prefecture, to dentists in Kagoshima city, and to residents of the islands without dental clinic. As a result, the current situation and problems of dental care provided at remote islands, the current situation of dental check-up of residents living in areas without dental clinic were clarified. The results obtained in this research are to be used for training human resources and to feed back to administrative agencies.

Free Research Field

歯科医学教育学