Discontinued orthodontic treatment in the general dental services of England and Wales (1990-1991).
Relevant feature of a sample of discontinued treatments were investigated, including status at the start and at the time of discontinuation. In a comparison between two discontinued groups, those patients who simply failed to return tended to have lower pretreatment PAR scores, and were more likely to have received non-extraction treatments in which removable appliances were employed. However, when discontinued treatments were compared to completed treatments undertaken in 1987/8, the completed cases were only reduced by two further PAR points.
Richmond
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Department of Child Dental Health, Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Andrews
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D014852:Wales