[Current status of team communication considered from a questionnaire survey on the laboratory prescription card]

Team communication between dentists and dental technicians offers high-quality medical treatment for patients. When dentists and dental technicians understand dental treatments and laboratory procedures and talk to each other from an equal standpoint, good team communication between them can be established. However, undergraduate dental students do not sufficiently understand the content and processes of laboratory procedures because the subjects and hours in laboratory procedures have been reduced at present. Education on team communication between dentists and dental technicians is not sufficiently included in the training content of postgraduate training practice. It seems that at present, it is difficult for good team communication to be established between new graduate dentists and dental technicians. In view of this, the current status of the team communication between dentists and dental technicians in the present clinic was investigated, because a guideline for constructing team communications between dentists and dental technicians is given in the dental education before and after graduation. That is to say, the current status of the team communication of dentists and dental technicians was investigated by considering a questionnaire survey on the laboratory prescription card, which is the most important information means for connecting dentists with dental technicians in the dental clinic. The results were as follows: The entry items were insufficient on the laboratory prescription cards. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare such laboratory prescription cards that required items are entirely indicated as well as to enter them fully by dentists.