Model practice as a valid research tool for studying actual private practice.
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.
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