OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the magnitude of the barriers to the practice of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) as perceived by dental practitioners working in pilot dental clinics, and determine the influence of these barriers on the practice of ART. MATERIAL AND METHODS A validated and tested questionnaire on barriers that may hinder the practice of ART was administered to ...

introduction: general dental practitioners provide the majority of treatment in iran. the aim of this study was to gather information on the methods, materials and attitudes employed in root canal treatment by dentists participated in 7 th congress of iranian academy of restorative dentistry in shiraz /2007 in order to evaluate the quality of current practice. materials and methods: a questionn...

Descriptions of dentist and patient characteristics and treatment services provided by general practitioners and pediatric dentists in North Carolina are compared. Although pediatric dentists treated a younger patient population, the nature of the treatment provided was similar to that of general practitioners, who accounted for more than an estimated 85% of all child treatment visits. The gene...

The number of specialists within dental health services has increased over the last few years. This raises the issue of how the services should be organized and funded. We describe the effect of one way of organizing the services, which is by relying on competition. In Norway, some oral specialists face real competition with general dental practitioners for the same patients (prosthetists, peri...