title: Model practice as a valid research tool for studying actual private practice.
abstract: Data from the actual private practices of two dentists were compared with respective data from the participation of the same two dentists in a laboratory model of private practice conducted in the University of North Carolina Dental Research Center. The findings show that a laboratory model can be established which accurately reflects the major parameters of an actual private practice.
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003729:Dental Care; D003813:Dentistry; D003815:Dentists; D005250:Fees, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009657:North Carolina; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D011331:Private Practice; D013997:Time Factors