title: Recessionary dental economics.
abstract: The economics of dentistry during a recession can be difficult. However, reports for the early stages of the current downturn indicate that the general population continued to increase its expenditures for dental care and that practitioners were able to maintain practice income.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000191:economics; D004468:Economics, Dental; D005102:Health Expenditures; D007182:Income; D007183:Income Tax; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States