A systematic review of oral health outcomes produced by dental teams incorporating midlevel providers

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-91

  Wright, J Timothy ^a   Graham, Frank ^b,c   Hayes, Catherine ^d   Ismail, Amid I ^e   Noraian, Kirk W ^b   Weyant, Robert J ^f   Tracy, Sharon L ^g   Hanson, Nicholas B ^g   Frantsve Hawley, Julie ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Dentistry ^*

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Koniberg School of Dentistry   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; American Dental Association; Caries; Dental auxiliaries; Dental economics; Dental personnel; Dental public health; Dental team; Evidence based dentistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873337170     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0017     Document Type: Article

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