title: Avoiding abandonment.
authors.forename: Cindy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hutcheson
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000941:ethics*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000941:ethics*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000941:ethics*; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics*