A retrospective investigation of the clinical management of patients attending an out of hours dental clinic in Merseyside under the new NHS dental contract

British Dental Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 659-664

  Tulip, D E ^a   Palmer, N O A ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Postgraduate Dental Education ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL AUDIT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE DENTISTRY; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 57849151964     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1044     Document Type: Article

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