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Could dental school teaching clinics provide better care than regular private practices?

Author(s) -

Nalliah Romesh P.

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of investigative and clinical dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.599

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2041-1626

pISSN - 2041-1618

DOI - 10.1111/jicd.12329

Subject(s) - dental care , medicine , family medicine , patient care , value (mathematics) , private practice , nursing , medical emergency , dentistry , computer science , machine learning

Summary Dental school clinics ( DSC ) consist of unlicensed dental students delivering care under the supervision of licensed dental professionals. Care delivery is slow due to inexperience of the provider and the series of supervisory checks that are necessary. Cost of care to the patient is less. To date, there has been no evaluation of the benefits of receiving care in a DSC beyond reduced fees. Research has shown the value of teaching hospitals in medicine, and the purpose of this article was to evaluate the total sum of benefits (the value proposition) of receiving dental care in a DSC .

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