ISSN : 0376-4672
In order to strategically respond to COVID-19, the most important measure is to control COVID-19 by minimizing the spread of the coronavirus and preventing related diseases and morbidity. In dental and oral maxillofacial surgery treatment procedures, it is unavoidable that the patient's saliva and blood are generated in the form of droplets or aerosols. Recently, new variants of COVID-19 virus had been reported and cause more infection and faster spread. The risk of breakthrough infection, which occurs even after vaccination, is increasing. Therefore, this recommendation was prepared to help prevent infection of oral and maxillofacial surgeons exposed to such environments, and to maximize the safety of patients and medical staff.
The meta-evaluation of dental education evaluation and accreditation was conceptualized as 'evaluating the evaluation and accreditation system' in order to improve the quality of evaluation. In order to perform meta-evaluation of dental education evaluation and accreditation, which seeks improvement directions by comprehensively and systematically evaluating and analyzing dental education evaluation and accreditation, the development of evaluation criteria should be preceded. The purpose of this study is to redefine the direction of dental education evaluation and accreditation and to establish improvement plans by developing criteria for meta-evaluation and confirming its validity. In this study, the meta-evaluation criteria and sub-evaluation system for evaluation and accreditation by Korean Institute of Dental Education Evaluation (KIDEE) were developed. In order to confirm the validity and reliability of the meta-evaluation criteria and sub-evaluation system, a questionnaire was conducted targeting the self-evaluation members of the evaluation target institutions with a high understanding of evaluation and the evaluation and accreditation members of KIDEE. The developed meta-evaluation criteria and subsystem for evaluation and accreditation should be used for the purpose of introducing a quality improvement system for evaluation and accreditation. It is expected that the meta-evaluation of KIDEE will be conducted regularly as a meta-evaluation criteria and sub-system faithfully to this purpose.
Historically, the emergence of new technologies has had a major impact on industries as a whole. The field of orthodontic surgery was no different, especially with the advent of computers in the 20th century, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and orthodontists were able to make more accurate and precise diagnoses, resulting in improved results of double jaw surgery. In this manuscript, I will introduce some studies on how robots and artificial intelligence, which are said to be two new technologies in the era of the 4th industrial revolution, are being applied to the field of orthognathic surgery.
Artificial intelligence is expected to play an important role, especially in the field of orthodontics. Web based and artificial Intelligence driven orthodontic analysis program “WebCeph” was introduced and evaluated recently. This study reviewed a orthognathic surgery case using WebCeph, from orthodontic diagnosis to treatment evaluation. WebCeph, an artificial intelligence-based orthodontic analysis program, helped to shorten the time it takes to find anatomical landmarks on lateral cephalogram. It allowed dentists to evaluate clinical data and analyze results from anywhere.
