2020 Volume 41 Issue 4 Pages 277-286
The Japanese Society for Disability and Oral Health (JSDH) established the qualifications of JSDH authorized instructor for certified dental hygienists (instructor DH) and the Japan Dental Hygienists’ Association authorized dental hygienists (Accreditation B : Disability dentistry) (certified DH) in 2008. The guideline for certified dental hygienists recommends that DH instructors must train certified DH according to the guideline. However, there are no reports that examined the achievement status of the items presented in this guideline in dental training or guidance for DH.
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand the achievement status of DH guideline items involved in dentistry for patients with disabilities by conducting a questionnaire survey according to the training guidelines.
The survey was conducted on instructor DH, certified DH, and uncertified general DH. The survey examined the characteristics of the achievement status of each training guideline item of instructor DH, certified DH, and general DH. It was suggested that not only clinical experience but also differences in historical background and curriculum were involved in some of the training guideline items.
Based on these results, it is necessary to investigate the achievement status of each training guideline item in DH training in order to examine the items required for DH education in future. It is also considered that this could be used when considering adding training items.