Provision of oral health care to adult patients by dental therapists without the prescription of a dentist

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-27

  Calache, Hanny ^a,b   Hopcraft, Matthew S ^a,c  

^a DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adult patients; dental care delivery; dental education; dental therapist; patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84859109559     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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