title: Asking the academics.
abstract: Assumptions are no match for real consultation. As part of the MRI, the BDJ conducted a special survey to see if academic dentists could predict the primary care research priorities of general dental practitioners. How would the predictions differ from the priorities of the GDPs themselves?
authors.affiliation: Dental Health Resources Unit, University of Dundee.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grace
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stuart-Wilson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pitts
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003752:Dental Health Services; D018865:Dental Research; D003814:Dentistry, Operative; D003815:Dentists; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D017144:Focus Groups; D005544:Forecasting; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011215:Practice Management, Dental