title: Private practice of periodontics. Past patterns, future prospects.
abstract: The private practice of periodontics has grown in a comparatively short time from a handful of clinicians to a significant factor in the overall practice of dentists. Periodontics has matured into a specialty that interfaces with every aspect of dentistry. Patient awareness demands it service. With the changes taking place in the health delivery system, there has emerged insurance and capitation programs that have influenced the private practice of periodontics. Along with these changes have come economic factors that have encouraged many periodontists to seek new avenues of revenue such as implantology. The dental awareness of the public and the continuance of the high standards of periodontics will prevail. If this is the case, then the future prospects of the private practice of periodontics is ensured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenbluth
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases; D010517:Periodontics / Q000639:trends*; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics; D011331:Private Practice / Q000639:trends*; D012017:Referral and Consultation