title: Dentists and the patients who love them: professional and patient views of dentistry.
abstract: Dentistry has long been identified with the bizarre or sadistic in books, movies and sitcoms. But how do dentists see themselves? How do patients view their dentists? Professional qualities of the ideal dentist, the surveyed dentist and the dentists of surveyed patients are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Behavioral Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco 94105.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerbert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bleecker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saub
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011639:Public Opinion; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires