title: Training dental nurses in the use of the PAR Index: a pilot study.
abstract: This paper reports the results of a PAR Index training and calibration course organized for dental nurses. Using a similar contact teaching time to that normally employed when training orthodontists, approximately one-quarter of the dental nurses were successfully calibrated in the use of the PAR Index.
authors.affiliation: Orthodontic Division, School of Clinical Dentistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, U.K.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Burden
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stratford
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D002138:Calibration; D003726:Dental Assistants / Q000193:education*; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013663:Teaching; D016896:Treatment Outcome