title: A study of partial denture designs produced by an alumni group of dentists in health service practice.
abstract: Seventy-three dental surgeons working in general dental practice, all members of an alumni group, were given identical casts and produced designs for a mandibular partial denture. The designs were subsequently analysed and the dentists' skills in communicating their design intentions to technicians were also assessed. In this instance a preference for simple straightforward designs was demonstrated with a tendency to favour stereotype responses to detailed design challenges, which were not necessarily apposite. More recent graduates produced designs which were more likely to be understood by the technician.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D016734:Dental Clasps; D003800:Dental Technicians; D003815:Dentists; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003829:Denture, Partial; D004497:Education, Dental; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008437:Maxilla; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011361:Professional Competence; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education; D013218:State Dentistry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom