Table 4.
Future promise of oriental medicine and ethical Kampo for clinical dentistry
| Q9: Do you think oriental medicine is routinely applied in Japanese clinical practice? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDC-3 | NUSD-3 | TDC-5 | NUSD-5 | |||||
| Strongly agree | 6 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 3 | (2%) | 3 (6%) | |||
| Agree | 25 (17%) | 21 (47%) | 22 | (18%) | 27 (53%) | |||
| Unsure | 79 (55%) | 21 (47%) | 60 | (48%) | 17 (33%) | |||
| Strongly Disagree | 34 (24%) | 3 (7%) | 40 | (32%) | 3 (6%) | |||
| Unanswered | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 | (0%) | 1 (2%) | |||
| Significant difference (p<0.0001; Yates’ corrected Chi-square test) | ||||||||
| Q10: Do you know that Kampo medicine is covered by national insurance? | ||||||||
| TDC-3 | NUSD-3 | TDC-5 | NUSD-5 | |||||
| Yes | 46 (32%) | 23 (51%) | 36 | (29%) | 24 (47%) | |||
| No | 98 (68%) | 22 (49%) | 89 | (71%) | 27 (53%) | |||
| Significant difference (p=0.0012; Chi-square test) | ||||||||
| Q11: Do you want to utilize oriental medicine if you become a dentist? | ||||||||
| TDC-3 | NUSD-3 | TDC-5 | NUSD-5 | |||||
| Very much | 9 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 13 | 10% | 5 10% | |||
| Yes | 51 (35%) | 24 (53%) | 33 | 26% | 32 63% | |||
| Unsure | 52 (36%) | 18 (40%) | 51 | 41% | 7 14% | |||
| Not much | 25 (17%) | 2 (4%) | 19 | 15% | 7 14% | |||
| Not at all | 7 (5%) | 1 2% | 9 | 7% | 0 0% | |||
Significant difference (p=0.0018; Yates’ corrected Chi-square test).