title: Eastern Health Board Regional Orthodontic Service: an initial audit.
abstract: This initial audit of 600 recently assessed Eastern Health Board orthodontic patients suggests that a large number of them (47 per cent) requires referral for routine restorative and preventive dental care. Closer links are needed with general dental practitioners and community dental surgeons to resolve these needs. The trend for a high referral of females and Class 11 Division 1 malocclusion type correlated well with studies in other countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public and Child Dental Health, Dublin Dental Hospital.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D019230:Dental Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003752:Dental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006075:Governing Board; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011897:Random Allocation; D012041:Regional Medical Programs; D012189:Retrospective Studies