Premium
Retrospective study of emergency room dental patier retained in a hospital dental practice
Author(s) -
DANE JOHN N.,
HAYDEN WILLIAM J.,
SOLDANELS A. P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1988.tb00707.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dental practice , retrospective cohort study , dental care , dentistry , emergency department , medical emergency , dental clinic , emergency medicine , nursing , surgery
To maintain viability, hospital dental services must evaluate patient pools to help improve referrals and retention. Because the emergency room has traditionally been a source of new patients for the dental department, a retrospective study was done to determine any factors that might relate to the retention of emergency room dental patients. A total of 198 dental patient records were surveyed. Results indicated that certain similarities exist in those patients retained in the hospital dental practice.