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Diagnosis, treatment planning and referral by school dental therapists
Author(s) -
Roder D. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1974.tb02788.x
Subject(s) - referral , medicine , gingivitis , oral hygiene , dentistry , family medicine
A bstract — ‐The capacity of 47 dental therapists to recognize carious lesions, poor oral hygiene and chronic marginal gingivitis and to plan treatment for caries in groups of 10 school children in the South Australian School Dental Service was assessed. In general, the therapists seemed competent to perform these duties. Their ability to make appropriate referrals to dentists and to provide certain statistical data was also evaluated. In South Australia, examinations made by therapists are checked periodically by their regional dentists.