Abstract
Visits were made to 26 selected general dental practices in Greater Manchester, UK to record the preventive technologies used on 106 patients below the age of 18 years. In addition, the patterns of treatment of 72 general dental practitioners in three contrasting areas in England were recorded, 11 of whom used preventive dental units. No relationship could be found between the organisation of the practice and the amount or type of prevention supplied or the patterns of treatment provided. The value of the preventive technologies currently offered in general dental practice is questioned and further research is recommended to discover the best model of practice to achieve cost-effective prevention.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 271-274 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | International Dental Journal |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 1997 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- administration & dosage: Cariostatic Agents
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Counseling
- classification: Dentist's Practice Patterns
- Diet
- administration & dosage: Dietary Sucrose
- England
- administration & dosage: Fluorides
- administration & dosage: Fluorides, Topical
- organization & administration: General Practice, Dental
- Great Britain
- Humans
- Oral Hygiene
- Patient Education as Topic
- therapeutic use: Pit and Fissure Sealants
- classification: Preventive Dentistry
- Retrospective Studies
- economics: Technology, Dental
- prevention & control: Tooth Diseases