title: The provision of emergency dental care by general dental practitioners in an urban area.
abstract: The provision of emergency care by dental practitioners in the Manchester area was assessed by a postal questionnaire. A 54.8% response rate was obtained. The average number of emergency patients treated by respondents per working day was 3.2; the practitioners seeing these patients principally by 'double booking' appointments. One-third of the respondents claimed to provide specific slots for treating dental emergencies, which could be related to the amount of NHS work undertaken. Out-of-hours emergencies were delegated to a third party by 46.3% of practitioners who replied to the questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCord
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health