A STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PARENTAL CONSULTATION ON THE WEBSITE OF KOREAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY AND THE DIRECTION OF IMPROVEMENT

The purpose of this study was to analyze the parental consultations, patients' age and consulters. Also it was to improve the tendency of consultation homepage The subjects were 2485 questions on Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Homepage except deleted questions which were not related with consultations. The examined contents were categorized into patients' age, counseling contents, consulters. The results were as follows: 1. Patients mostly belonged to preschool children(64.29%). 2. In the subjects, questions were mostly about growth and development, restorative and pulp treatment. 3. In the subdivided subjects, great part of questions were about tooth eruption, restorative and pulp treatment and trauma. 4. The 93.72% of consulters were mothers. 5. We should reinforce with FAQ about growth and development, restorative and pulp treatment and trauma. Also we should improve on quality of information and childcare related contents and Homepage related pediatric dentistry.