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The Structure and Economics of Dental Education
Journal of Dental Education, 2012While the markets for dental services and dental education are intimately and irrevocably connected, there are huge differences between the way the two sectors function economically. These economic differences derive from differences in the structure, objectives, and environment of both sectors ...
Kent D, Nash, L Jackson, Brown
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Economic Impact of Dental Hygienists on Solo Dental Practices
Journal of Dental Education, 2012The fact that a significant percentage of dentists employ dental hygienists raises an important question: Are dental practices that utilize a dental hygienist structurally and operationally different from practices that do not? This article explores differences among dental practices that operate with and without dental hygienists.
Vickie F, Lazar +2 more
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Dental Therapists in General Dental Practices: An Economic Evaluation
Journal of Dental Education, 2012Dental access disparities are well documented and have been recognized as a national problem. Their major cause is the lack of reasonable Medicaid reimbursement rates for the underserved. Specifically, Medicaid reimbursement rates for children average 40 percent below market rates. In addition, most state Medicaid programs do not cover adults.
Tryfon J, Beazoglou +4 more
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The impact of prepayment on the economics of dental care
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1966It is anticipated that, during the next few years, there will be a sudden and substantial expansion in the extent of insurance of prepayment coverage against the expenses of dental care. Speculations are offered as to the effect such an expansion will have on expenditures for dental care, dentists’ incomes and fees, supply and distribution of dentists,
D C, Riedel, M, Lerner
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The economics and evaluation of dental care and treatment
Social Science & Medicine, 1986This paper is concerned with economic evaluation in dentistry. The potential for such evaluation is great, but has not been fully realised to date. A number of issues which are common to the existing literature are discussed, and particular attention is paid to the question of measuring dental health in economic appraisal.
B F, Yule +2 more
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PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF DENTAL HYGIENISTS
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 1984AbstractDental hygienists' contribution to total gross billings and production, measured in standard production minutes, was studied in 13 private practices that employed hygienists. Hygienists' treatment accounted for one fourth of total production and one eighth of all gross billings. These results, together with analyses of the use of available time,
J D, Bader +3 more
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Global Economic Impact of Dental Diseases
Journal of Dental Research, 2015Reporting the economic burden of oral diseases is important to evaluate the societal relevance of preventing and addressing oral diseases. In addition to treatment costs, there are indirect costs to consider, mainly in terms of productivity losses due to absenteeism from work.
Listl, S. +3 more
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Economical Dental Stereoradiography in Digital Era
2009 Fifth International Conference on Information Assurance and Security, 2009Because of the prevalence of digital imaging in radiology and the developments of electronic three-dimensional (3D) viewing devices, digital stereoradiography will become an efficient and economical way for improving the diagnostic efficacy. A viewing device based on one compact mirror and two flat-panel LCDs to achieve high resolution of digital ...
Hsien-Huang Peter Wu +3 more
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Economic appraisal of preventive dental techniques
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1987Abstract In this paper the principles and particular problems involved in applying economic appraisal to the evaluation of preventive dental care are investigated. There is no cost benefit analysis in the existing literature which gives a reliable indication of the relative efficiency of preventive and restorative dental techniques.
J F, Forbes, C, Donaldson
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National Trends in Economic Data for Dental Services and Dental Education
Journal of Dental Education, 2012This article will present and analyze national aggregate data regarding dental expenditures, the number of dentists, inflow and outflow of dentists, and their net incomes. The theory chapters about the markets for dental services and dental education[1][1],[2][2] explained why these factors ...
L Jackson, Brown, Kent D, Nash
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