Abstract
Objectives. The authors have surveyed with the questionnaires by post-mail, about the dentist's desire for the roles of the dental assistant nurse, in order to use the conference to establish the system and to expand the duties for them. Methods. 2,500 sheets of questions were distributed to dentists selected in randomized by the post-mail and 555 sheets proper replied were collected and analysed. Results. Most of the private dentists hoped dental assistant nurse perform such items of dental service as basic dental care preparations, consulting and guides for patients, fluoride topical application, Oral prophylaxis, tooth brushing instruction for individuals, intra-oral x-ray taking and routine chair-side dental assisting. Lots of the private dentists desired dental assistant nurse to receive the expert educations or re-educations for basic dental service, preventive dental cares and chair-side dental assisting, in order to perform their roles properly. Lots of the private dentists had opinion for dental assistant nurse not to be such items of service which seems difficult or be possible for recurrence of the dental disease or infection, otherwise general services for dental assisting except the items written in above were recommended to be managed by dental assistant nurse. Conclusions. The expert and professional dental hygienists education should be needed in order to perform the dental service properly and professional, and let dental hygienists to change their roles form dental assisting to the dental education or the preventive dentistry works.