Do failed appointments lead to discontinuation of orthodontic treatment?

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Trenouth, Michael John ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discontinued treatment; Failed appointments; Orthodontics; Standardized failure rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CLINIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0037946756     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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