title: Molding our image: the media and dentistry.
abstract: Dentistry has had a few nasty media shocks in the past year. Part of the problem is that dentists who are willing to talk to the press in good times, shy away from the media when the questions get tough. And if you won't answer the question, what's a journalist--and the public--to think?
authors.affiliation: Chicago Dental Society, Illinois 60611-4205, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000571:American Dental Association; D003142:Communication; D003813:Dentistry; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D011639:Public Opinion; D014481:United States