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J Dent Educ. 72(2_suppl): 110-127 2008
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Evolution of Dental School Clinics as Patient Care Delivery Centers

Allan J. Formicola, D.D.S., M.S.; Ronnie Myers, D.D.S.; John F. Hasler, D.D.S.; Melanie Peterson, D.M.D., M.B.A.; William Dodge, D.D.S.; Howard L. Bailit, D.M.D., Ph.D.; Tryfon J. Beazoglou, Ph.D.; Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D.

Key words: dental school clinics, patient-centered care

Submitted for publication 06/30/06; accepted 09/18/06

Dental school clinics, originally envisioned as closely similar to private practice, evolved instead as teaching clinics. In the former, graduate and licensed dentists perform the treatment while undergraduate dental students are assigned treatment within their capabilities. In the latter, dental students provide the treatment under faculty supervision. It is generally recognized that the care provided by the teaching clinics is inefficient. However, in the last quarter of the twentieth century, dental school clinics began to pay much more attention to how treatment is rendered. The comprehensive care movement and quality assurance systems are leading towards more efficient patient-centered care. Case studies at the University of Maryland, Columbia University, and University of Louisville describe activities to make their clinic programs more efficient and patient-friendly. This article explores whether the potential exists for faculty to take a direct patient care delivery role in dental clinics in order for those clinics to become efficient patient care delivery systems as originally envisioned in the early part of the twentieth century.






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