title: Barriers to accessing dental care: dental health professional factors.
abstract: This article discusses the ways that the dental health professional can, sometimes unwittingly, discourage the patient from seeking dental treatment.
authors.affiliation: Dental Public Health Research Group, School of Clinical Dentistry, Queen's University of Belfast.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003729:Dental Care; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology