2018 Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 30-35
In recent years, the cooperative relationships between medical and dental fields are increasingly important for the super-graying society. By review of the Basic Plans to Promote Anti-Cancer Measures due to the prevention and reduction of a side effect from the cancer treatment and improvement of the further living quality of the patient, the promotion of oral care by the cooperation between dentistry and oral surgery was included. However, there are still many problems with the cooperative relationships between medical and dental fields in the hospital where no department of dentistry and oral cavity surgery exists. Therefore, we worked on introducing the cooperation of dentistry and oral cavity department, and oral cavity management system of all hospitalized patients by a multidisciplinary member activity. The system developed around the role of coordinator who has the specialized knowledge of dentistry. In addition, this system was conducted based on collaborating with the local dental clinics, the perioperative oral cavity management, overall oral care (including education), cooperation with dentistry, and dental hygienist activity support. The system developed were put into effect from April 1, 2015 to July 31, 2016. It resulted in 197 cases of dental clinics cooperation, 139 cases of perioperative oral care, and 312 case referrals during this period. In addition, we are trying to facilitate the progress to strengthen the collaboration between medical and dental, and improve the knowledge and techniques, and also strengthen partnership with local dental clinics and dentistry.
