Effectiveness of Preventive Dental Visits in Reducing Nonpreventive Dental Visits and Expenditures
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Effectiveness of preventive dental visits in reducing nonpreventive dental visits and expenditures.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Although preventive dental visits are considered important for maintaining pediatric oral health, there is relatively little research showing that they reduce subsequent nonpreventive dental visits or costs. At least 1 study seemed to find that early preventive dental care is associated with more restorative and emergency visits. Previous studies are limited by their in...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2586