Dental Care - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Quality of dental care: new ideas of the government]

30 Aug 2009 In the 1990s the Dutch government imposed several laws to strengthen the position of the patient and to improve the quality of care. These laws did not always have the intended outcome. Recently the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport ... Read more...

[Standardization and the quality control of dental services]

29 Jun 2009 On the base of our experience, it's possible to recommend following methods of controlling of quality of dental aid: daily control of fullness and correctness of filling all the documents by dentist; daily control of quality of restoration ... Read more...

Mentoring. A quality assurance tool for dentists. Part 4: some tools for mentoring and coaching. The mentoring encounter.

29 Jun 2009 This paper reviews a range of tools that a mentor may use to facilitate the mentoring process. In particular, six 'Master Tools' are highlighted and discussed. Some tools represent mentor qualities and attitudes whereas others represent particular ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dental Care - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Quality of dental care: new ideas of the government] 30 Aug 2009
• What were they thinking? 6 Aug 2009
• Infective endocarditis--stop blaming the dentist. 30 Jul 2009
• Growing disbelief. 9 Jul 2009
• [Standardization and the quality control of dental services] 29 Jun 2009
• Comment on the 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' information statement on antibiotic prophylaxis for bacteremia in patients with joint replacements. 29 Jun 2009
• Update on oral bisphosphonates. 29 Jun 2009
• Mentoring. A quality assurance tool for dentists. Part 4: some tools for mentoring and coaching. The mentoring encounter. 29 Jun 2009
• Audit of dental practice record-keeping: a PCT-coordinated clinical audit by Worcestershire dentists. 29 Jun 2009
• [Professional risks of oral health care delivery] 29 Apr 2009
• [Expert advice in liability cases] 29 Apr 2009
• Travelling for teeth: characteristics and perspectives of dental care tourism in Hungary. 23 Apr 2009
• The industrialisation of the dental profession. 9 Apr 2009
• Monitoring oral health and dental attendance in an outpatient psychiatric population. 30 Mar 2009
• The terrors of torture. 30 Mar 2009
• Benchmarking the civilian sector to optimize military dental health care delivery. 27 Feb 2009
• What's a dentist to do? You always have a choice. 27 Feb 2009
• "Dental tourism": issues surrounding cross-border travel for dental care. 27 Feb 2009
• Phony 'solutions' to the access to (free) care problem: Part I. 27 Feb 2009
• [Dental Health International Netherlands] 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Dental Care'

Definition: The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).

Descriptor UI: D003729

Alternative terms: Dental Care; Care, Dental;

Related Mesh Headings: Comprehensive Dental Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; manpower; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration;

Tree Number: E06.170; N02.421.240.190;

History Note: 73

Technical Notes: = professional care by a professional; ORAL HYGIENE = personal care by the subject himself; do not confuse with DENTISTRY: DENTISTRY is the dentist & the profession, DENTAL CARE is the patient & the care given him; GEN only: do not confuse with TOOTH DISEASES; DF: DENT CARE