title: Orthodontic outreach clinics--no marked advantages or disadvantages.
abstract: METHODS
  Single centre randomised controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Allocation of referred patients to outreach or main base consultation appointments.
  
  
  METHODS
  The outcome of consultation, the cost and duration of the visit and the carer/patient's perceptions of the visit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no differences in outcome of the consultation. While consumer travel costs and the duration of appointments were significantly higher for the main base clinics, these differences were not great. However, consumers preferred to attend an appointment in an outreach clinic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There do not appear to be marked advantages or disadvantages in providing consultation appointments for orthodontics in outreach clinics.
authors.affiliation: Evidence-based Dentistry Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lawrence