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Attitude , Dental Health Services , Dentist-Patient Relations , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Insurance, Dental , Male , Middle Aged , Netherlands , Professional Competence , Socioeconomic FactorsSubject(s)
Attitude , Dental Health Services , Dentist-Patient Relations , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Dental Care/psychology , Health Services Research , Humans , Middle Aged , Netherlands , Socioeconomic FactorsSubject(s)
Attitude to Health , Dental Care , Oral Health , Adolescent , Adult , Behavior , Female , Humans , MaleSubject(s)
Attitude , Consumer Behavior , Dental Care , Adult , Dental Clinics , Dental Prophylaxis , Dentist-Patient Relations , Female , Health Education, Dental , Humans , Male , State Dentistry , United KingdomABSTRACT
A series of examiner variability studies were carried out in the assessment of restorations in adults made by extended duty ancillaries (E.D.A.s). While there were some differences between the two supervising team dentists these were smaller than those found when dentists who did not work in the project were examined. The use of indirect evaluation by examining bitewing radiographs for the presence of overhangs was no improvement over the clinical examination in terms of examiner agreement, and moreover only identified half of the restorations scheduled for replacement clinically. Using the results of these experiments, it is suggested that quality control should take into account examiner variability and consequently a 3-4% sample would be sufficient to maintain standards.
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Dental Restoration, Permanent/standards , Adult , Clinical Competence , Dental Assistants/statistics & numerical data , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Time FactorsABSTRACT
A survey of a representative adult population of a district in Amsterdam (the Jordaan) revealed an overall edentulousness rate of 23%. Proportionally more females than males wore complete dentures, and the lower socioeconomic group was proportionally better represented in edentate group than were the middle and the higher classes. No significant differences were found in comparisons of the edentulousness rate in the Study group and other investigations in Holland and England and Wales. It is suggested that there might be a relationship between the rate of edentulousness and changes in the amount of freely disposable income.