Comparison of treatment result and compliance between private practice medicaid and non-medicaid orthodontic patients - A brief communication

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-169

  Dickens, Steven ^a,b   Beane, Richard A ^b   Caplan, Daniel J ^b   Vann Jr , William ^b  

^a CB #7450 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Malocclusion therapy; Medicaid; North Carolina; Orthodontics; Patient compliance; Private sector; Retrospective studies; Treatment outcome; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; MEDICAID; MOUTH HYGIENE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DENTAL MODELS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; ORAL HYGIENE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51149104361     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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