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Where should Korean Oral Health Science go?

Hokun Kwon

Department of Preventive Dentistry & Public Oral Helath, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Professor Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health 2015 June 39(2):79-80

http://dx.doi.org/10.11149/jkaoh.2015.39.2.79

Editorial

JKAOH is available at http://www.jkaoh.org pISSN 1225-388X / eISSN 2093-7784

It feels like yesterday when we were busy with preparing for the New Millennium 15 years ago. Korean dentistry soci- ety and Korean society have experienced many changes since then. We expect these changes will accelerate in the future.

The rapidly aging society in particular is expected to have a big influence on the society in general as well as the future of Korean dentistry and oral health societies. The decreased birth rate and population aging directly affect the oral disease incidence pattern. Due to a decrease in the child population and incidence of caries, the national priority for manage- ment of pediatric caries, the important 20th century national oral health issue, is expected to diminish while periodontal disease and oral health problems of the elderly are expected to emerge as the social issues. Currently, the Korean Acad- emy of Geriatric Dentistry composed mainly of clinical dentists is active. On the other hand, the Korean Academy of Oral Health has been relatively neglecting the oral health issues of the elderly. The oral health issues of the elderly cannot be solved by clinical treatments only and prevention-focused efforts are also needed. In order to do so, the Korean Academy of Oral Health needs to change the public opinion and studies on specific measures to improve the oral health in the el- derly are needed. As any biological organism that cannot adapt to a changing environment perishes, any society that does not respond to the flow of changing time will vanish. Responding to the flow of changing time means moving ahead of the change. The way to survive waves of huge changes can be compared to surfing waves in the ocean. One dies by being swept by waves if left behind waves, while one drowns if too ahead of waves. Since it is still not too late, it is right time for the Korean Academy of Oral Health to conduct more active studies on elderly oral health improvement to meet the chang- ing time and make active efforts to establish elderly oral health policies. I believe this is the future direction that the Korean Academy of Oral Health must follow.

June 2015

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한국의 구강보건학 어디로 가야하는가

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연세대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실, 교수

뉴밀레니엄을 준비한다고 부산스러웠던 적이 어제 같은데 벌써 15년이 지났습니다. 그동안 한국 치과계와 한국 사회는 많 은 변화가 진행되었습니다. 이러한 변화는 앞으로 더욱 가속화 될 것으로 생각됩니다. 특히 급속한 사회의 고령화는 사회전반 뿐 만아니라 치과계 그리고 한국 구강보건학 미래에도 많은 영향을 줄 것으로 예상됩니다. 출산율 저하와 인구고령화는 구강질병 발 생 양상에 직접적인 영향을 줍니다. 어린이 인구의 감소와 우식증 발생 감소로 20세기의 주요한 국가 구강보건문제인 치아우식증 관리는 국가적 우선순위가 낮아지고 상대적으로 치주질환과 노인구강보건 문제가 사화적 문제로 대두 될 것으로 예상됩니다. 현 재 임상치과의사 중심으로 대한노인치과학회가 결성되어 활동하고 있습니다. 이에 반해서 대한구강보건학회는 상대적으로 노인 구강보건 문제에 대해서는 무관심하였던 것이 사실입니다. 노인구강보건 문제해결도 임상치료 위주로는 해결이 안되고 예방위 주의 노력이 필요합니다. 이러기 위해서는 대한구강보건학회 차원에서 여론의 환기가 필요하고 또한 구체적인 노인구강건강증진 방법에 대한 연구가 필요합니다. 모든 생물체가 환경 변화에 적절히 적응하지 못하면 도태가 되듯이 어느 단체이든 시대변화 흐 름에 부응하지 않으면 사라질 수밖에 없습니다. 시대흐름에 부응한다는 의미는 시대변화보다 한걸음 앞서 간다는 의미입니다. 거 대한 변화의 파도가 밀려올 때 생존하는 방법은 파도치는 바다에서 서핑을 타는 것에 비유할 수 있습니다. 파도 보다 너무 뒤처지 면 파도에 휩쓸려서 죽고 파도보다 너무 앞서면 물에서 빠져 죽는 이치와 같습니다. 아직도 늦지 않았기 때문에 시대 변화에 부흥 하기 위해서 노인구강보건증진에 대한 보다 적극적인 연구와 노인구강보건정책 확립에 구강보건학회의 적극적인 노력이 필요한 시점입니다. 이것이 우리 대한구강보건학회가 가야할 미래의 방향이라고 생각합니다.

2015. 6.

JKAOH is available at http://www.jkaoh.org pISSN 1225-388X / eISSN 2093-7784

Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health 2015 June 39(2):79-80

http://dx.doi.org/10.11149/jkaoh.2015.39.2.79

Editorial

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