Treatment outcomes in 3 modes of orthodontic practice
| Autor: | Donald R. Poulton, Sheldon Baumrind, Vicki Vlaskalic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Observer Variation
Adolescent business.industry Service organization Treatment outcome Managed Care Programs Dentistry Private Practice Orthodontics Orthodontics Corrective Practice Management Dental Management Service Organizations Outcome Assessment Health Care Pretreatment severity Medicine Humans business Child Malocclusion |
| Zdroj: | American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics. 121(2) |
| ISSN: | 0889-5406 |
| Popis: | This study examined differences in pretreatment severity and treatment outcome among orthodontic patients treated in 3 different practice-management modes. Samples of pretreatment (T1) and end of treatment (T2) study casts were selected from traditional private practices (TPP, 3 offices, 81 cases), a dental corporation (COMP, 2 offices, 53 cases), and a dental management service organization (DMSO, 1 office, 36 cases). Orthodontic specialists had treated all patients. Cases were initially selected on a consecutive start basis. From each practice, the first 30 cases satisfying the study criteria were included in the sample. The T1 and T2 study casts were evaluated with the PAR and HLD indexes. The PAR and HLD indexes showed a high level of agreement on T1 cast scores but not on the T2 casts. Mean T1 scores were highest in the COMP cases, followed by the DMSO and the TPP cases. T2 scores were lowest in the TPP cases, followed by the DMSO and the COMP cases. The percentage of PAR score reduction showed that, in all 3 modes, patients were treated to a high standard. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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