How dental patients determine their care.
Identifying the factors patients use to arrive at dental treatment decisions is useful in the marketing and planning of clinical treatment. Dentists perceive these factors in a certain way. This article discusses the factors used by patients in making treatment decisions and compares those factors with the perceptions of experienced dental practitioners.
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