title: Dental services advertising: does it affect consumers?
abstract: Dental services advertising appears to be increasing. Despite their negative attitude toward advertising, as many as 20% of all dentists may now be advertising to meet changing conditions in a highly competitive market. Research on dental services advertising has provided a useful starting point for developing dental advertising strategies. However, it affords little understanding of how consumers may respond to the many types of information provided in dental services advertisements. The authors extend knowledge in this area by examining consumer response to dental advertising in an experimental setting.
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011215:Practice Management, Dental