title: Dental time study results in relation to a model for a dental health related patient group system.
abstract: Using a time study method, dental care treatment resources were studied concerning different caries groups of children and adolescents 3-19 years of age. The results were applied to a model for a dental health related patient group system as a tool for presenting the dental care situation. Quality assurance aspects of a dental health related patient group system, adapted for use in general dental care, had led to a suggested model system: "Dental Visiting Groups" (DVG). The DVG system takes into consideration the fact that dental care was performed by three dental care-giving personnel groups--dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants--giving dental care in three main areas of dental procedures: diagnostic, prevention and intervention. The DVG system implied a model of Swedish dentistry in change, and presented the relationships among the dental health related patient groups, the three main areas of dental procedures, and the tasks of the dental care-givers. Applied over time, the DVG system illustrated the efficiency of the dental care model used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Swedberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003726:Dental Assistants; D003729:Dental Care; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D003756:Dental Hygienists; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D003815:Dentists; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004526:Efficiency; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013548:Sweden; D013996:Time and Motion Studies