The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dental clinic credibility and patient satisfaction with regular dental check-ups, to compare the level of satisfaction of patients who had regular check-ups with those who did not, and to identify factors associated with regular dental checkups. Thirty-nine private dental clinics in 17 prefectures throughout Japan participated in...

Diego Lops, Eriberto Bressan, Gianluca Pisoni, Niccolò Cea, Boris Corazza, and Eugenio Romeo 1 Department of Prosthodontics, S. Paul Hospital Dental Clinic, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy 2 Department of Implant Dentistry, Padova University Institute of Clinical Dentistry, 35020 Padova, Italy 3 Department of Implant Dentistry, S. Paul Hospital Dental Clinic, School...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is a lifetime disease and its sequelae have been found to constitute health problems of immense proportion in children. Environmental factors such as culture, socioeconomic status, lifestyle and dietary pattern can have a great impact on cariesresistance or caries-development in a child. OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between de...

A nonprofit private dental clinic provides free dental treatment for children up to the age of eighteen years. In order to expand its services to reach more children, a school-based sealant program using dental auxiliary personnel was organized. This paper evaluated the performance of the school-based program during 1991 by comparing the costs of the school-based program with the costs of the s...

Himanshu Aeran1, Varun Kumar2, Jyotsna Seth3, Abhishek Sharma4 1Director Principal, Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Seema Dental College and Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 2Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Seema Dental College and Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 3Senior Lecture, Department of Prosthodontics, Seema Dental College and Hospital, Rishikesh,...

statement of the problem: no published literature was found studying the people's reasons on why to choose or not to choose a dental care setting in south iran, while understanding their attitude towards choosing their dental care center is consequential for planning a successful oral health care service system.    purpose: to determine the factors affecting how people of the city of shiraz cho...

BACKGROUND The aim of this project was to explore the process of change in a busy community dental clinic following a team development intervention designed to improve the management of student supervision during clinical placements. METHODS An action research model was used. Seven members of a community dental clinic team (three dentists, two dental therapists, one dental assistant and the c...