title: Caries control in health service practice.
abstract: It is suggested that it makes sense for dentists providing care for individual patients to take account of caries risk (as assessed by presentation of active, non-cavitated lesions) when deciding how to allocate time and effort of themselves and their staff. However, there is a question as to how realistic it is to ask the dental team to provide a full diagnostic assessment and all the preventive treatment required for a patient for the payment provided by 1 UDA. It is to be hoped that one or more of the Steele pilots will come up with a practical solution for controlling caries in NHS practice.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Dentistry, Seagull Apartment, 13A Broad Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2JD. jimpage@me.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weld
authors.forename: E A M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kidd
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000191:economics*; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005245:Fee Schedules; D005460:Fluorides, Topical / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000191:economics*; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005460:Fluorides, Topical